Projects
FROM HFC TO NATURAL
AHEAD OF KIGALI PHASE-DOWN
By John Ackermann
The Woolworths store at the V&A Waterfront, the jewel in the crown of
South Africa’s tourist attractions, has been converted from HFC 404A to
natural CO 2 refrigerant.
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Project team of Mainstream Refrigeration: From left: Chris
Drinkrow, engineering; Jared Nel, IT; and Lourens van Staden,
project manager.
he V&A Waterfront is visited by thousands of tourists,
local and overseas, each year and delegates of the Kigali
Amendment Workshop held in Cape Town, were taken on a
guided tour of the new Woolworths CO 2 refrigerant plant on
5 December 2019.
The V&A Woolworths store on two floors in the Victoria
and Alfred Shopping mall was opened in 2008. To enhance
the convenience of the growing number of shoppers, the
trading area was extended across three floors in 2019. The food
market on the ground floor was moved to the basement into a
space gained from the parking area. A new refrigeration plant
room, back up cold stores, freezers and display cabinets, were
installed and only once operational, was the food market on
the ground floor, with a R404A charged refrigeration plant,
decommissioned. The changeover was done without any
interruption to the trading of perishables and welcomed with
awe by shoppers when completed.
Fresh produce
and fruit
beverage
cabinets are
without doors.
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RACA Journal I March 2020
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