ACS Refrigerant, the refrigerant reclamation arm of Absolute Chiller Services, is an EPA-certified provider operating under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act. Based in Arvin, California and founded in 1993, the company's technicians hold Universal EPA 608 certification — authorizing them to recover, reclaim, and recycle refrigerants across Type I residential systems, Type II high-pressure and chiller systems, and Type III low-pressure commercial and industrial equipment. That cross-type certification is what lets ACS handle refrigerants on jobs ranging from residential HVAC change-outs to massive commercial chiller retrofits.
ACS's core differentiator is its mixed-gas separation technology. When refrigerants from different systems get blended during recovery — a common, costly problem on busy HVAC job sites — most reclaimers will either refuse the cylinder or pay pennies on the pound. ACS uses a multi-stage evaporative distillation process followed by a bank of eight cascading filters to separate mixed refrigerants and strip out acids, chlorides, oils, waxes, non-condensables, and moisture. The reclaimed output is restored to ARI-700 manufacturer specifications and resold as certified reclaimed refrigerant. This service is particularly valuable for HVAC companies running older R-22 equipment alongside R-410A systems, where accidental cross-contamination is a constant risk.
Beyond reclamation, ACS offers on-site refrigerant recovery for large jobs, buyback of recovered product, and sales of certified reclaimed refrigerant at typically lower cost than virgin. For HVAC contractors working through EPA phase-downs (R-22 sunset, HFC allocation cuts, A2L transition) ACS provides a compliance-grade partner that turns contaminated gas — usually an expensive disposal problem — into a credit or recovered supply.