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U.S. DESIGN STANDARDS
U.S. Design Standards
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ASHRAE STANDARDS SUMMARY
Members of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) have collaborated to develop voluntary
standards to assist design professionals with:
• Industry best practices to safely use refrigerants
• Guidelines to properly ventilate commercial buildings using various technologies
• Proper control of building temperature and relative humidity
• Design building systems to minimize energy and water consumption
Designing for Refrigerant Safety with Multi V—ASHRAE Standards 15 and 34
Standards 15-2004 and 34-2007 were developed to educate the design community on the safe use of refrigerants in commercial buildings
and to address the classification of refrigerants. All Multi V systems use R410A refrigerant, which ASHRAE Standard 15-2004 and ASHRAE
Standard 34-2007 classify in Safety Group “A1” and rate it as “neither” in the toxicity category titled “highly toxic or toxic under code clas-
sification.” These are the same ratings given to refrigerants R22, R134A, and R407C and are the safest ratings given in the standards to any
refrigerant.
Table 43: ASHRAE Publications
Standard 15-2004
Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems
Standard 34-2007
Designation and Safety Classi
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cation of Refrigerants
Standard 62.1-2010
Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
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American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) Standard 15. 2007. Atlanta, GA. ASHRAE, Inc. Section 7.3.
The displacement of oxygen in an occupied space could lead to occupant asphyxiation in the event of a catastrophic release of the entire
system’s refrigerant charge. The standard allows a Refrigerant Concentration Limit (RCL) of 0.025 lbs/ft
3
for R410A in most applications
(refer to the standard for exceptions). The RCL rating indicates the allowable concentration (by weight) of refrigerant per cubic foot of room
volume to avoid escape-impairing effects, such as oxygen deprivation, flammability, and cardiac sensitization.
Note:
This designation does not indicate that R410A is non-toxic. With high enough concentration levels, all refrigerants can be
hazardous.
The standards are written to cover worst case scenarios and assume that the complete system charge is released into a confined space
over a short period of time. If a refrigerant leak occurs, the actual concentration level in the confined space is dependent on the quantity of
refrigerant in the equipment and the volume of air available for dispersion and dilution.
The total estimated charge of the refrigeration system is calculated by either LG’s LATS Multi V (see "LATS Multi V" on page 61) refriger-
ant piping design software or manually by following the procedure titled "Mini Refrigerant Charge" on page 76 and the "System Refrigerant
Charge Calculator" worksheet on page 80. To apply the standard, the designer must first determine the occupied space with the smallest
cubic volume served by the system.
ASHRAE Standard 15-2004 and ASHRAE Standard 34-2007
Note:
We are providing a summary of the standards impacting the design of the Multi V system or the safety of building oc-
cupants. Refer to the ASHRAE Standards for detailed design information.
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