ISO/TC 86/SC 8 - Refrigerants and refrigeration lubricants

ISO 817:2014 provides an unambiguous system for assigning designations to refrigerants. It also establishes a system for assigning a safety classification to refrigerants based on toxicity and flammability data, and provides a means of determining the refrigerant concentration limit.

ISO 12810:2003 defines the maximum levels of contaminants for various commercially available fluorocarbon refrigerants and blends containing fluorocarbon refrigerants regardless of their source (new, reclaimed or repackaged). ISO 12810:2003 also establishes test methods for determining the levels of these contaminants. The fluorocarbon refrigerants included in this ISO 12810:2003 are those identified in ANSI/ASHRAE 34 as R 11, R 12, R 13, R 22, R 23, R 32, R 113, R 114, R 123, R 124, R 125, R 134a, R 143a, R 401A, R 401B, R 402A, R 402B, R 500, R 502, and R 503. Only those fluorocarbon refrigerants listed in ANSI/ASHRAE 34 are addressed in ISO 12810:2003.

ISO 17584:2005 specifies thermophysical properties of several commonly used refrigerants and refrigerant blends. ISO 17584:2005 is applicable to the refrigerants R12, R22, R32, R123, R125, R134a, R143a, R152a, R717 (ammonia), and R744 (carbon dioxide) and to the refrigerant blends R404A, R407C, R410A, and R507. The following properties are included: density, pressure, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, heat capacity at constant pressure, heat capacity at constant volume, speed of sound, and the Joule-Thomson coefficient, in both single-phase states and along the liquid-vapour saturation boundary. The numerical designation of these refrigerants is that defined in ISO 817.

This International Standard specifies the test apparatus, test gas mixtures, sampling procedures and analytical techniques used to determine the performance of refrigerant recovery and/or recycling equipment (hereinafter, "equipment"). This International Standard also specifies the refrigerants to be used for the evaluation of equipment, i.e. halogenated hydrocarbon refrigerants and blends containing halogenated hydrocarbons. This International Standard is not intended for use as a guide in defining the maximum levels of contaminants in recycled refrigerants used in various applications. This International Standard is not intended to define safety requirements. It is strongly recommended that the product be designed, constructed, assembled, and installed in accordance with recognized safety requirements.

ISO 817:2005 provides an unambiguous system for numbering and assigning composition-designating prefixes to refrigerants. Tables listing the refrigerant designations are included. It is intended to be used with other relevant safety standards such as ISO 5149, IEC 603352-24 and IEC 60335-2-40.