HCR-188c The Holy Grail Of Refrigerants?
01/04/09 13:10
Refrigerants - the liquid / gaseous material inside air conditioner and refrigerator compressors - are not the most glamorous of materials - but they are massive contributors to global warming.
What if a refrigerant...
What if this breakthrough was not developed by a giant chemical company, but over the past 15 years by a passionate former mechanic in Hawai’i?
Mr. Maruya of Kane’ohe Hawai’i could be one of this century’s energy heroes.
The EPA has just approved Mr. Richard Maruya’s remarkably simple HCR-188c refrigerant. Haier the Chinese white goods giant has provided research assitance, while Greenpeace has given him recognition.
While we would love to see the world beat a path to Mr. Maruya’s door, his challenge may be just beginning...
What if a refrigerant...
- Reduced refrigerator and A/C energy consumption by over 30%
- Cost just 1/3rd of conventional refrigerants
- Has 96% less global warming impact than conventional refrigerants
- Has zero ozone depleting impact
What if this breakthrough was not developed by a giant chemical company, but over the past 15 years by a passionate former mechanic in Hawai’i?
Mr. Maruya of Kane’ohe Hawai’i could be one of this century’s energy heroes.
The EPA has just approved Mr. Richard Maruya’s remarkably simple HCR-188c refrigerant. Haier the Chinese white goods giant has provided research assitance, while Greenpeace has given him recognition.
While we would love to see the world beat a path to Mr. Maruya’s door, his challenge may be just beginning...
Mr. Muraya has done everything right so far - including filing his patents internationally. However, Mr. Muraya’s challenges are now moving from chemistry & thermodynamics to business and regulatory.
Mr. Muraya will need business and legal savvy equal to his chemistry genius to form the powerful partnerships needed to succeed in the $10B refrigerant dominated by the global giant DuPont and Honeywell who will harry government regulators and customers based on HFC-188c’s threat to their multi-billion billion dollar franchise.
Unlike “conventional” refrigerants made from synthetic “fluorocarbons”, HCR-188c is made from common, low cost natural petrochemicals like butane and propane. In large quantities it can be flammable. Perhaps it is more likely to be produced and distributed by oil & gas companies much as they distribute propane today.
The world needs this kind of innovation so we very much hope HCR-188c succeeds.
Ha’uoli Makahiki Hou and Pomaika`i Mr. Muraya
Mr. Muraya will need business and legal savvy equal to his chemistry genius to form the powerful partnerships needed to succeed in the $10B refrigerant dominated by the global giant DuPont and Honeywell who will harry government regulators and customers based on HFC-188c’s threat to their multi-billion billion dollar franchise.
Unlike “conventional” refrigerants made from synthetic “fluorocarbons”, HCR-188c is made from common, low cost natural petrochemicals like butane and propane. In large quantities it can be flammable. Perhaps it is more likely to be produced and distributed by oil & gas companies much as they distribute propane today.
The world needs this kind of innovation so we very much hope HCR-188c succeeds.
Ha’uoli Makahiki Hou and Pomaika`i Mr. Muraya
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