James Sweetman is president of Consolidated Refrigerant Solutions, which offers a cylinder management program such as described in the article. For more information, visit www.crsrefrigerants.com.
One method used by contractors to help reduce the impact of the HCFC phaseout is to consolidate recovered refrigerants in house. The belief is that it will minimize the costs of cylinder handling fees, and/or maximize profits from recovered R-22. There are four key issues to consider when consolidating recovered refrigerants.