CLOSED LOOP REFRIGERANT RECYCLING METHOD

摘要

A central recycling system manages refrigerant recycling by storing parameters describing a financial contribution from at least one participating entity to an incentive fund, receiving data about a used refrigerant-based appliance surrendered by a consumer, receiving data about disassembly of the used refrigerant-based appliance including recovery of refrigerant, receiving data about a recycling process applied to the recovered refrigerant, and determining a point of sale value associated with recycling the used refrigerant-based appliance based on the received data and the stored parameters. The recycling includes at least one of reclaiming and destroying the recovered refrigerant.

主权项

1. A method for managing refrigerant recycling, comprising:
storing parameters describing a financial contribution from at least one participating entity to an incentive fund; receiving data about a used refrigerant-based appliance surrendered by a consumer; receiving data about disassembly of the used refrigerant-based appliance including recovery of refrigerant; receiving data about a recycling process applied to the recovered refrigerant, wherein the recycling process comprises reclaiming or destroying the recovered refrigerant; and determining a point of sale value associated with recycling the used refrigerant-based appliance based on the received data and the stored parameters.