Chillers News & Trends

Vesa Laisi To Retire From Danfoss; Mika Kulju New President Of Danfoss Drives As Of October 2022

Mika Kulju, who until recently was the President of ABB Drive Products division, has been announced as the new President of Danfoss Drives, succeeding Vesa Laisi who will retire from Danfoss after eight years as the President of Danfoss Drives. Vesa Laisi became part of Danfoss’ Executive Team in December 2014 when the global AC drives manufacturer Vacon became part of the Danfoss Group. Today, Danfoss Drives is a pioneer in electrification and variable speed controls of electric motors....

Eurovent Invites Users To Attend Their Webinar On The Energy Efficiency Of Air Handling Units In Hot And Humid Conditions

Eurovent, in cooperation with Eurovent Middle East and Eurovent Certita Certification invites users to a webinar to discuss the energy efficiency of Air Handling Units in hot and humid conditions. The webinar will be aired internationally on 28 April 2022. As a crucial part of a cooling and ventilation system, Air Handling Units can be built to a multitude of customer specifications and operating environments. Since January 2022, Eurovent has mandated its certified manufacturers to disclose the...

Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc. Introduces The TrilliumSeriesTM Adiabatic Cooler

Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) announces the release of its new TrilliumSeries™ Adiabatic Cooler. This adiabatic cooler is ideal for applications that demand a combination of energy efficiency and limited water use. BAC’s innovative design maximizes both water and energy efficiency, ultimately minimizing costs. In addition, the TrilliumSeries Cooler is designed to make installation and ongoing maintenance simple. 20% energy savings What distinguishes BAC’s TrilliumSeries&nb...

High Efficiency Carrier Chillers On Lower GWP Refrigerant Selected For Oxford University Laboratories

Carrier chillers operating on the lower Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerant R-32 have been selected to provide energy-efficient cooling for three world-renowned medical science laboratories at Oxford University. Carrier is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the pioneer of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. AquaSnap® 30RBP air-cooled scroll chillers Four Carrier AquaSnap® 30RBP air-cooled scroll chillers with GreenspeedTM intelligence...

Coolair Equipment Limited Expand Into Scotland And North East

Air-conditioning specialists Coolair Equipment Limited have announced a new hire to head up expansion into Scotland and the North East. The operation will be led by Senior Sales Engineer Mark Walsh, a veteran of the industry with more than 20 years of experience working with the likes of Kooltech and Midea UK.  Coolair Equipment Limited, which is headquartered in Manchester with offices in Maidstone and the Midlands, will now establish a permanent base in Newcastle, headed up by Mark....

Johnson Controls Unveils The Latest Evolution To The YORK YVAA Variable Speed Drive Screw Chiller With Expanded Configuration Options

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy and sustainable building solutions, has announced the latest evolution to the YORK YVAA Variable Speed Drive Screw Chiller for the entire global product line. The award-winning chiller now features increased operating efficiency, a reduced footprint and integration with low-GWP refrigerants. The chiller also now offers more flexibility with expanded configuration options at each cooling capacity, along with a reduction in sound...

Newsome Invests In New, Eco-Friendly Chiller Hire Fleet To Help Manufacturers Get ‘Summer-Ready’

Temperature and humidity control experts, Newsome, are delighted to announce they have just taken delivery of a brand-new range of energy-efficient chillers and air handling equipment, for both Industrial & Environmental Cooling applications. Their new chiller rental range is ready for hire featuring the latest energy-efficient and environmentally friendly manufacturing technology, with many of the products featuring low GWP (Global Warming Potential) Refrigerants. environmentally-friendly...

Johnson Controls Advances Data Center Sustainability Through Industry-First Data Center Solutions Hyperscale Platform

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy and sustainable building solutions, has leveraged its Silent-Aire solutions, in order to offer the industry’s first hyperscale data center platform, which is focused on helping cloud providers to meet ambitious sustainability targets. The Johnson Controls Data Center Solutions platform delivers innovative solutions that conserve water and reduce energy consumption, including air-cooled chillers, liquid cooling, combination...

NADCA Talks About The Sources Of Contamination In HVAC Systems

To perform effective duct cleaning, it’s important to know what gets into a system and why. Contaminants can enter an HVAC system in a variety of ways, and can not only cause mold growth and unwanted odors in the system, but possibly affect air quality as well. As a professional air duct cleaner, one needs to know where contaminants might enter the system, how to identify any contaminants present, and what to do to prevent them from infiltrating the system in the future. Types of Contami...

Aierdale Organizes A Panel On How Does The Data Centre Industry Keep Servers Cool Without Warming The Planet

On 1st February 2022, Airedale hosted a panel discussion featuring industry-respected contributors from both end-user organizations and engineering contractors, to discuss the burning topic of sustainability with data centers. Broadcast on the DCD platform, and available to watch here, this article summarises the discussion. The panel consists of the following people: Abed Jishi – VP Design, Vantage Andy Hayes – CTO, Yondr Dan Loosemore – mediator, DCD Daniel Burczy...

Kensa Explains How Networked Heat Pumps Can Utilize Waste Heat

Waste heat is in abundance in society – thermal energy that would otherwise be wasted on the environment, wouldn’t it be great if users could capture this wasted energy and recycle it? This thermal energy is often created as a by-product of another process or activity, for example, the industrial cooling required to create semiconductors; process cooling in commercial settings, such as supermarkets or data centers; or cooling of habitable spaces through air-conditioning. City center...

Airedale Announces The Launch Of Airedale Cloud Diagnostics, An Advanced HVAC Performance Management Tool

Airedale is excited to announce the launch of Airedale Cloud Diagnostics, an advanced HVAC performance management tool available on the smartphone, tablet or laptop, in response to the pressure operators and facility managers are under, when working with cooling equipment that is increasingly critical to business operations. Airedale Cloud Diagnostics Airedale, known worldwide for their critical cooling solutions, has worked with data science experts to develop a new family of cloud-enabled pr...

Carrier Provides Their 30RQM AquaSnap Air-To-Water Heat Pumps To Enhance HVAC Solutions At The Musgrove Park Hospital

Patients, staff, and visitors at Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital's Jubilee Building will benefit from comfortable, stable indoor environmental conditions provided by two high-performance Carrier 30RQM AquaSnap® air-to-water heat pumps, powered by quiet-running scroll compressors. Carrier is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. Carrier supplied the high-efficiency heat pumps to installer RTS...

Carrier Announces The Launch Of AquaForce Vision 30KAV Air-Cooled Chillers With PUREtec Refrigerant For Industrial Process Applications

Carrier (Carrier Corporation) has introduced the AquaForce Vision 30KAV with PUREtec refrigerant, a new line of high-performance, compact process cooling chillers, with ultra-low Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerant R-1234ze. The new chiller line is optimized for industrial processing such as food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics, metal industries, and applications requiring ultra-reliable cooling up to -12 degrees Celsius. Carrier is part of Carrier Global Corporation,...

Airedale Launches Their New IoT-Enabled Software Framework, IQity For Intelligent Data Center Cooling

Airedale is pleased to announce the launch of their new IoT-enabled software framework, IQity, which provides a blueprint for intelligent data center cooling at a product, system, and site level, and safeguards uptime and sustainability. IQity serves as a digital framework, transforming individual plant items like chillers and precision coolers into intelligent systems. These systems flex with their environment and work as one to ensure critical cooling that delivers high availability at the lo...

Vodafone And E.ON Launch Technology Partnership: Saving Resources With Smart Water Meters

Every 30 seconds, a water pipe bursts in Germany: In 2019 alone, there were 1.1 million cases of tap water damage. The costs added up to over three billion euros. Vodafone and E.ON want to change this – with the help of smart water meters and the Internet of Things. The digitalization group Vodafone and the energy company E.ON are launching a cross-industry innovation and technology partnership to detect tap water damage much earlier and thus conserve resources. The new digital technology...

Pro-Refrigeration Inc And Danfoss Make CO2 Chiller Is A Future-Proof Solution

With the approaching HFC phasedown, the demand for environmentally friendly cooling systems is driving chiller manufacturers to innovate. Washington-based Pro-Refrigeration, Inc., a manufacturer, and supplier of chillers for the industrial and beverage processing market and a longtime customer of Danfoss, developed the idea of a CO2 chiller and determined that Danfoss components had the capacities and safety ratings to meet the needs of the project. The collaboration brought big dividends to a...

Carrier Provides AquaSnap R-32 Air-Cooled Chillers To Enhance HVAC Solutions For Royal United Hospitals Bath

Two Carrier AquaSnap® 30RBP air-cooled chillers with Greenspeed® Intelligence inverter-driven speed control are providing high-performance, low noise cooling for wards and operating theatres at Royal United Hospitals Bath. The high-efficiency chillers are running on lower global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant R-32 as part of a major upgrade of the hospital's air conditioning system. Refrigerant R-32 is up to 10% more efficient than R-410A, the refrigerant it replaces, and its globa...

Aggreko Launches Continuous Reliable And Cost Effective HFO Package

Aggreko has launched a mobile, modular power package for utility support and off-grid locations, using HFO as its primary fuel source. Aggreko’s Medium Speed HFO (MSHFO) power package brings its trademark containerized, scalable power online quickly, while lowering the overall cost of energy. With more than 50 years experience providing diesel and gas-fuelled mobile, modular power, HFO was the natural extension that the company’s experts at its Dumbarton research and development fac...

Airedale Launches DCS Range Of Air-Cooled Chillers For Demanding Data Center Environments

Airedale is excited to announce the launch of the DCSTM range, a family of air-cooled chillers specifically optimized for demanding data center environments, featuring ground-breaking Enhanced Free CoolingTM technology. With uptime and energy efficiency hard-wired into every facet of their design, the DCSTM range has evolved from decades of worldwide data center experience. The range has been specifically designed by the Data Centre Solutions team, based at Airedale’s global headquarters...

Danfoss Brings VTCA400 And TGS380 To Expand Portfolio Of Oil-Free Compressors

Danfoss, the pioneer of oil-free compressor technology, has expanded the oil-free compressor portfolio with the introduction of the VTCA400 and the TGS380 models. The new Danfoss Turbocor® VTCA400 is the world’s first oil-free, variable-speed, magnetic bearing centrifugal compressor utilizing a hybrid compression design that is optimized for use with low-GWP refrigerant R-1233zd. The 400 ton/1400 kW nominal capacity rating provides unparalleled performance for water-cooled chiller app...

Johnson Controls Exhibit Connected Home Products And Solutions At The 2022 NAHB International Builders’ Show

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, showcased a complete range of smart home security, controls, and HVAC products, at the 2022 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders’ Show, at booth W4283, from Feb. 8 to Feb. 10, 2022, at the Orange County Convention Center, in Orlando, Florida, USA. 2022 NAHB International Builders’ Show The Johnson Controls exhibit at the 2022 NAHB International Builders&rsquo...

Danfoss Brings Innovative Solution For Oil-Free Chillers And Heat Pumps For Enhanced System Efficiency

Danfoss has announced the arrival of a new innovative solution for oil-free chillers and heat pumps for enhanced system reliability and efficiency. The oil-free centrifugal market is growing exponentially around the world driven by a need to reduce system running costs, complexity, and system size. The new Danfoss OFC check and stop valve incorporates a damped nozzle check valve, stop valves, and diffuser function to address the major application pain points. Generating refrigerant backflow T...

Danfoss Recognizes Jae Chon Of Chesapeake Systems With 2021 EnVisioneer Of The Year Award

Danfoss has named Jae Chon, the Director of Strategic Markets at Chesapeake Systems, a renowned Maryland-based HVAC consultant and equipment distributor, as its 12th EnVisioneer of the Year for their work on retrofitting the Towson Courthouse in Towson, Maryland. Chesapeake Systems recognized Chesapeake Systems was the project manager firm responsible for upgrading the courthouse’s HVAC system with a synchronized hydronic loop, utilizing Danfoss high efficiency scroll compressors, pressu...

LG’s Split DOAS Models Recognized In IAQ And Ventilation Categories At AHR Expo

Advanced new Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems (DOAS) from LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA received special recognition for innovation at AHR Expo®. Two LG split DOAS models were singled out as 2022 AHR Innovation Award finalists by a panel of third-party ASHRAE® member judges who evaluated award entries based on their innovative design, creativity, application, value, and market impact. Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Of keen interest to the industry experts, LG’s DOAS unit...

LG Introduces Inverter Heat Pump Chiller

LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA has introduced a new LG Inverter Scroll Heat Pump Chiller (ISHPC), directing the market forward by providing new levels of high performance and increased efficiency in the heat pump air-cooled chiller category. variable refrigerant flow (VRF) technology By marrying key design attributes of variable refrigerant flow (VRF) technology with chilled water production, LG is raising the standard for air-cooled chillers with a robust set of high-performance feature...

LG Electronics Returns To AHR EXPO With Debut Of 2022 HVAC Portfolio

Air conditioning technologies pioneer LG Electronics USA is showcasing its robust 2022 lineup of commercial, light commercial, and residential HVAC solutions including industry-pioneering Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) technology, the latest energy-efficient heat pump options, indoor air quality solutions, and flexible building automation and connectivity products at the 2022 AHR Expo® in Las Vegas. LG’s Inverter Scroll Heat Pump Chiller One of the key highlights is the officia...

Freeze Protection On Control Valves By Powerblanket

Control Valves provide reliable process flow control to many processes throughout your facility.  This type of valve is always very close to the final step of the process, and is key in delivering dependable flow right to the process. Freeze-ups occur on control valves all year long.  Many think that just cold weather is the cause of valve freeze-ups.  Not always the case.  Many processes require higher temperatures in order to work properly. For example, a line in a bread p...

ClimaCool Introduces New Modular Chillers

ClimaCool Modular chillers are the latest of the innovative products offering efficiency, flexibility, and reliability. Modular chiller systems are the modern alternative to traditional chiller systems, offering innovative solutions and unmatched savings for building owners, system designers, and installers. All of ClimaCool's modular chillers are designed, and configured for each specific project, and are suited for all commercial systems including heat recovery, heat pumps, free cooling, geot...

Johnson Controls Executives Analyze Critical Importance Of Decarbonization And IAQ At 2022 AHR Expo

Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, addressed some of the HVACR industry's most challenging issues during an executive panel discussion at the 2022 AHR Expo in Las Vegas on January 31. The most pressing issue discussed was decarbonization, an industry initiative to move away from energy systems that produce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change. Pursuing Sustainability Goals Katie McGinty, vice president, a...

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