ASHRAE Journal - March 2011 - 101

industry news
Tube (low intensity) infrared heaters from Schwank provide split-ductless and ducted heat pumps. The RedLINK-enabled an efficient heating solution for areas with lower ceiling heights, split-ductless system is designed to maximize comfort and uniform heat delivery, and have sealed combustion capability. reduce energy costs. KOIL-KIT coil packs from Victaulic provide a simplified, Carrier’s Humidi-MiZer® adaptive dehumidification sysquality coil circuit installation while ensuring optimal hydronic tem provides up to 35% more moisture removal than typical system design requirements are met. conventional hot gas reheat systems. It can increase the latent Hudson Technologies is a distributor and reclaimer of re- capacity of a standard rooftop unit by up to 40% versus convenfrigerants and a provider of proprietary on-site decontamination tional models, yet still allow the capability for dehumidification services for large comfort and process cooling systems. without the necessity for cooling. Greg Alcorn, vice president, Watson McDaniel’s PMPT Pump Trap Combination is commercial sales and marketing, Carrier Residential and Coma preferred alternative to a standard steam trap for draining mercial Systems, says the product continues Carrier’s “heritage condensate from heat transfer equipment whose steam flow of engineering leadership.” is being controlled with a modulating type valve. When the Silentium’s S-Cube ™ Development Kit allows engineers to modulating valve closes, the steam pressure is unable to push design their own noise reduction solutions for their products. the condensate into the return line and it backs up into the heat Active Noise Control (ANC) technology can be integrated exchanger (causing conditions of poor heat transfer and water into the system design, resulting in a significantly quieter end hammer). Using a Pump-Trap will eliminate this problem. product. ENERSHIELD “Air Barriers” create up to a 90% efficient Daikin AC offers the Round Flow cassette fan-coil units, seal on open doorways, which reduces heat/air conditioning which are designed to provide 360° airflow, reduce drafts, loss, saving energy and money while enhancing indoor comfort. temperature fluctuations and air velocity. ZONEFIRST introduces the Tecumseh launched the AE2 Round Motorized Take-Off Dampnext-generation compressor. It er that is easily adhered to the side covers a greater capacity range of a main trunk and instead of than traditional compressors and manual balancing has a motorized is 25% more efficient than its damper. The motorized damper predecessor. The product, part of can be controlled by any switch the company’s Green Products or thermostat to open and closed Initiative, “positions Tecumseh to control the flow of air into the as a leader in hydrocarbon combranch duct. The advantage to the pressor development,” said James take-off damper is it eliminates the Wainwright, CEO and president need to have a take-off or start colof Tecumseh. lar and then use a zone damper to Schneider Electric introduces control the duct. This combines the Augusto Brito (left), Christiano Oliveira (center), and Juran- the APC EcoBreeze, which is a start collar and motorized damper dir Januario (right) examine the Munters DRYCOOL PLUS modular indirect evaporative and into one. packaged rooftop unit, which was launched at the Show. air-to-air heat exchanger cooling THE SEEKER™ 400 Series of solution with the ability to switch video inspection systems from General Tools & Instruments automatically between air-to-air and indirect evaporative heat now includes three models that feature multiple, interchange- exchange to consistently provide the most efficient cooling to able camera-tipped probes and the ability to stream live video data centers. over the Internet. Parker Hannifin’s Sporlan division offers the PSK Series of Navien America’s fuel cell CHP prototype converts natural electronic controllers ranging from air conditioning to refrigeragas into hydrogen gas and generates electricity through a chemi- tion and industrial applications. It manages off-cycle defrost cal reaction. Heat is produced during the process of converting and gas or electric defrost refrigeration units by controlling the chemical energy into electricity, which is then used for compressors, defrost, lights and fans. domestic water and space heating. Morgan Thermal Ceramics’ Superwool Plus material for Dectron’s DRY-O-TRON® DSV Series indoor pool humidi- chimney and boiler flues is 10% – 20% more energy efficient fier provides the company’s signature heat recovery for free pool than traditional refractory ceramic fiber (RCF) and alkaline water heating, plus variable frequency drive controlled plenum earth silicate (AES) insulations. fans, optionally electronically commutated (EC) motors, miDow introduces its Dowfrost™ GEO 20 Heat Transfer Fluid crochannel condensing coils, and the Supervisaire® controller. for use in geothermal heat pump applications. Senior developMitsubishi Electric Cooling and Heating Solutions (Mit- ment specialist Kevin Connor says the product is a result of subishi Electric), is incorporating Honeywell’s RedLINK™ “listening to our customers about what they wanted in a heat wireless HVAC protocol into Mitsubishi Electric’s line of transfer fluid.”
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