Driven by national policies, my country’s fourth-generation refrigerants (HFOs refrigerants) market share is expected to increase

Fourth-generation refrigerants generally refer to HFOs refrigerants, which are refrigerants that do not contain Freon and chlorine, have low greenhouse effect, and do not destroy the ozone layer. HFOs refrigerant, also known as hydrofluoroolefin refrigerant, is composed of a mixture of fluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons and is an efficient and environmentally friendly refrigerant. HFOs refrigerant has the advantages of low toxicity, environmental protection, and wide temperature range. It is widely used in automotive air conditioning, commercial central air conditioning, refrigerator refrigeration and other fields.

HFOs refrigerants mainly include R1234yf refrigerant and R1234ze refrigerant. R1234yf refrigerant is an updated substitute for R134a refrigerant. It has the advantages of high refrigeration efficiency, small impact on the environment, non-corrosive equipment, and good thermal stability. It is widely used in mobile air conditioners and automobile air conditioners, and is expected to become my country’s refrigerant in the future. A mainstream product in the market; R1234ze refrigerant has the characteristics of high critical temperature and high energy efficiency, but its production is relatively difficult. Although Chinese companies have obtained a number of relevant invention patents, they do not yet have the capacity to produce large-scale production of this refrigerant.

According to the “2023-2028 China’s fourth-generation refrigerant (HFOs refrigerant) industry market in-depth research and development prospect forecast report released by the Industrial Research Center 》shows that HFOs refrigerants are widely used in automobile air conditioners, commercial central air conditioners, refrigerator refrigeration and other fields, and the automobile air conditioner field is its largest demand end. Benefiting from the rapid economic development and the improvement of national living standards, my country’s automobile sales have continued to grow, driving the prosperity of the automobile air-conditioning industry to further improve. In 2022, the size of my country’s automobile air-conditioning market will reach 2.36 billion yuan. In the future, as the development of the automotive air-conditioning industry accelerates, my country’s HFOs refrigerant market demand will become increasingly strong.

At present, my country’s HFOs refrigerant market share is low, and third-generation refrigerants such as R134a and R32 still dominate the market. With the support of national environmental protection policies, many companies in my country have laid out HFOs refrigerant research and development and production tracks, and their market space will be further expanded in the future. At present, Sanmei Co., Ltd., Yonghe Co., Ltd., Lianchuang Co., Ltd., Juhua Co., Ltd., etc. are the main players in my country’s HFOs refrigerant market.

In September 2021, my country’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, National Development and Reform Commission, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the “China’s List of Controlled Ozone Depleting Substances”. The document clearly improved the definitions and uses of controlled substances. Perchlorofluorocarbons, hydrochloric acid The main components of traditional refrigerants such as fluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons are included. In this context, HFOs refrigerants, as efficient and environmentally friendly refrigerants, will increase their market share.

Industry analysts said that HFOs refrigerant, as the fourth generation refrigerant, has green and environmental protection advantages and will become the mainstream of the refrigerant market in the future. product. However, currently, due to factors such as high technical barriers and high production costs, my country’s HFOs refrigerant market penetration rate is low, and the industry still has huge room for development. In the future, driven by positive factors such as growing market demand and national policy support, the development speed of my country’s HFOs refrigerant industry will further accelerate.