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China, From Page 9 company’s product lines, using R-22, market less price sensitive. At CR Expo, R-407C/R-410A, include window units, China’s major manufacturers offered ex- wall-mounted units, mobile air conpanded product lines serving low-, me- ditioning, dehumidifiers, unitary light dium- and high-end markets. They also commercial and VRF units, digital stressed availability of aftermarket out- scrolls, fan coils, air-cooled modular let locations, installation speeds, war- chillers, and screw chillers. ranties, and maintenance issues. Aux exhibited its air-cooled cold Among the companies showing new water heat pump AC unit. The unit is products at CR Expo was Royal Ser- controlled by advanced microcomputvice Air-Conditioning Corporation. er control technology. The company The company specializes in providing emphasizes “strict testing in order to equipment and after-sales service for ensure scientific matching and reliable many industrial applications includ- operation.” ing cleanrooms, food processing areas, A company representative said, “You chemical manufacturing, hotels and also can select wall-mounted gas heater commercial building variable air vol- oven according to your demands, so ume (VAV) systems. that you can have a bath and use water Royal Service showed the underfloor at any time a day. Success accompanies air distribution and VAV systems it sells you everywhere.” in the Chinese marOther products ket. Its fan-powered displayed by ChiVAV terminal units nese manufacturers have earned an imincluded a series portant place in the of air-cooled chillers from TCL Air country’s boomConditioner, highing office building efficiency screw market. The units compressors from use free heat deMoon Group, warived from lighting, people and Kenneth Yu of Royal Service showed VAV ter-chilled fan coil other equipment, terminal units manufactured in Guangzhou. units from Bright Air Conditioning, inducing warmer plenum air from the building core ceil- and Warm Refrigeration Equipment’s airing plenum space and recirculating it to handling and condensing units. Among the U.S. companies exhibiting rooms calling for heating. If additional heating is required, an optional supple- was valve manufacturer Superior Rementary heating coil can be activated, frigeration Products. Superior, as with eliminating the need for a central source other U.S.companies, is finding that of warm air. In a series unit, the fan sits multinational companies manufacturing in the primary airstream and runs con- in China prefer to use the same suppliers stantly when the zone is occupied. In a they use globally. “Testing is the same, there is higher parallel unit, the fan sits outside the primary airstream and runs intermittently. assurance, and reliability is better,” said A Steril-Air UVC emitter can be added one of the U.S. suppliers. Mueller Into reduce the risk of infectious diseases, dustries, another valve manufacturer, such as bird flu and SARS, which are also has found success supplying the public health issues in China. Chinese market. Midea, the largest exporting airCR Expo 2008 attracted some 40,000 conditioning manufacturer in China, visitors. More than 1,000 exhibitors displayed its duct-free split systems. from more than 30 countries occupied The company says it is the first Chi- 66 900 m2 (720,000 ft2). But the success nese AC manufacturer conforming to of future CR Expos will not be measured ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Midea ex- in terms of size. Organizers are focusing ports to more than 150 countries. The on the quality of exhibitors and visitors. August 2008 c c c c c c c c c c c www.info.hotims.com/16017-20 ASHRAE Journal 13 http://www.dedietrichboilers.com http://www.dedietrichboilers.com http://www.info.hotims.com/16017-20

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ASHRAE Journal - August 2008 Contents Commentary Industry News Letters Meetings and Shows Maintain to Sustain—Delivering ASHRAE’s Sustainability Promise Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation: Current Best Practices Improving Humidity Control With Energy Recovery Ventilation Single- or Two-Stage Compression Data Center Cooling: Using Wet-Bulb Economizers Building Sciences InfoCenter Practical Pointers Products Emerging Technologies Washington Report People Special Products Classified Advertising Advertising Index

ASHRAE Journal - August 2008

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