Process Development of Opteon® yf – Innovating to Meet Market Challenges

Regulatory response to climate change, first enacted in Europe, required development of a low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant for vehicles on an accelerated timetable.  Innovative approaches to identify a drop-in replacement for the legacy refrigerant, achieve market acceptance, develop a process for first-to-market commercial production, and develop an improved process for larger scale production will be described in this poster.  Key aspects include parallel process development programs, partnerships for process development and commercialization, strong intellectual property protection, leveraging of existing processes coupled with development of new technology, and process simplification.