R290 compressor Supplier

[Mohammed Nofal]

I need a supplier for air conditioning compressor R290, please if anybody knows tell me

thanks

[ammoniadog]

I don't know where you are posting from, but I believe hvac-talk.com, and most of the people who post here are from North America, where I believe R290 (propane) is illegal to use as a refrigerant in an air conditioning system.

[Mohammed Nofal]

I don't know where you are posting from, but I believe hvac-talk.com, and most of the people who post here are from North America, where I believe R290 (propane) is illegal to use as a refrigerant in an air conditioning system.

i know that but i'm from PETRA company in Jordan and i want to get a compressor for testing purposes

[jpsmith1cm]

Depending on size, you would do well to contact various manufacturers and discuss your needs with them.

Here in the states, a few small systems (up to 5.3 ounce total charge) have started to hit the market for refrigeration.

Nothing on AC that I'm aware of.

[icemeister]

There are lots of small capacity R290/R600 compressors currently available for the residential and light commercial refrigeration market, but not much for A/C....as yet.

Here's a summary of the Chilventa trade show from October 2012, highlighting all the latest products for R290. Note the larger capacity R290 compressors from Danfoss, Bitzer, Dorin, etc.

http://www.hydrocarbons21.com/news/view/3597

With the tight restrictions on use of HC refrigerants here in the USA, I doubt we'll ever see much activity beyond small refrigeration applications, but the rest of the planet appears to be quite active.

[valdelocc]

I don't know where you are posting from, but I believe hvac-talk.com, and most of the people who post here are from North America, where I believe R290 (propane) is illegal to use as a refrigerant in an air conditioning system.

Wonder when propane became "illegal to use as a refrigerant"?I have an old trade magazines that shows the first centrifugal chiller made by Carrier using propane as a refrigerant.
Propane is still in use in the USA as a refrigerant mostly in the low temp market.

[bunny]

It's not uncommon to see propane used in some industrial applications in petro-chem plants.

[ammoniadog]

I have an old trade magazines that shows the first centrifugal chiller made by Carrier using propane as a refrigerant.

That's interesting. Are you sure it wasn't an absorber, using the propane as fuel to heat it?

[Betabass]

I second........

[valdelocc]

That's interesting. Are you sure it wasn't an absorber, using the propane as fuel to heat it?

Reading old trade magazines made me realize that we have not invented a thing in a very long time, its the other way around, we have lost great inventions, mostly because lawyers and the greed of the big corporations.