Cuba to establish refrigerant destruction plant

The core message: At present, there are more than 130 tons of R12 and R22 collected and stored in Cuba, but this situation will change in 2012, mainly due to Cuba will set up a factory to destroy refrigerant.

At present, there are more than 130 tons of R12 and R22 collected and stored in Cuba, but this situation will change in 2012, mainly because Cuba will establish a factory to destroy refrigerants.

The director of the Ozone Technology Office said that Cuba will be the first country in the Central American region to establish such a factory. He stressed that the factory will be a demonstration project and financially supported by the Montreal Protocol.

The plant is planned to be located in the Sibanicu Cement Plant in Sancti Spiritus Province, using Japanese technology to separate the molecules at 1200 degrees, and thus to truly destroy the refrigerant.

In the recovery and storage of gases, the generation of environmentally harmful gases during processing is reduced by high temperatures and strict processes to ensure the best safe conditions, especially when it enters the CFCs bank.

According to official sources, the factory will be completed in the second half of the year.