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il MARKETNEWS li Toshiba UK Launches 'No Cost' Replacement Scheme for R22 AC Plant Toshiba Air Conditioning, a division of Toshiba Carrier UK, has launched a ground-breaking lease scheme enabling users to replace obsolete R22 air conditioning equipment with the latest high efficiency systems - in most cases for no additional cost.
Despite the long-anticipated ban, R22 is stili ooe of the most common refrigerants io use in installed systems. Under EU legislation, however, use of R22 for topping up plant will be banned from the end of 2014.
David Dunn, Toshiba Air Conditioning commerciai director, explains, "Systems still running on R22 will effectively become obsolete. T he problem is that there is a huge arnount of R22-based equipment still in use across the United Kingdom - in offices, shops, hotels, restaurants and many other commerciai and public buildings. Estimates vary, but there may be upwards of 200,000 R22 systems still in operation."
He adds, "This represents a very serious exposure for building operators. Toshiba's new lease scheme enables them to replace aging R22 plant with new high efficiency air conditioning in a budget neutra! way. The savings in running costs in the vast majority of cases pay for the lease costs on the new equipment, giving up to
seven years peace of mind - plus high quality heating and cooling for building occupants."
The key to the scheme is the use of high efficiency R410A equipment to replace old R22 systems. The new plant uses much less energy to deliver the same cooling and heating to a building, dramatically reducing the user's energy bills. In most cases, the monthly saving in running costs will equa! the lease costs for the new equipment, making the replacement program budget neutra!.
"It is a painless way for end users to solve the R22 headache," says David Duno. "And the sooner peopl.e make tbe switch, the quicker the carbon reductions kick in for their building or estate, delivering a significant environmental benefit."
Toshiba already reports keen interest in the scheme still dependent on R22-based air conditioning. A key attraction in the current economie climate is that the scheme solves the R22 problem without requiring upfroot investment in capitai costs.
Out w ith the old R22 air conditioners
World Exposition/Conference Schedule 2012 Title Date Piace
• July Techno-Frontier Jul. lO - 12 Tokyo, Japan Purdue Conferences Jul. 16 - 19 W est Lafayette, U .S. • August ACRA2012 Aug. 26 -28 Xi' an, China • September AHR Expo - Mexico Sep. 25 -27 Monterrey, Mexico • October Chillventa 2012 Oct. 9- 11 Nuremberg, Germany • November Big S 2012 Nov. 5 - 8 Dubai, UAE New Refrigerant Symposium Nov. 8-9 Kobe, Japan Home & Building Show Nov. 14 - 16 Tokyo, Japan • December Renewable Energy Dee. 5 - 7 Chiba, Japan Eco-Products 2012 Dee. 13- 15 Tokyo, Japan
2013 Title Date Piace
• January AHRExpo Jan. 28-30 Dallas, U.S. • February Climatizaci6n Feb. 26 - Mar. l Madrid, Spain Smart Energy Week Feb. 27 - Mar. l Tokyo, Japan • March HVACR Vietnam 2013 Mar. 5-7 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnarn Climate World M ar. 11 -14 M o sco w, Russia HARFK0 2013 Mar. 12 - 15 Koyang, Korea ISH2013 Mar. 12 - 16 Frankfurt, Germany • Aprii CRH2013 Apr. 8-10 Shanghai, China
2012 Midea CAC Conference of East European Strategie Partners On May 29, 2012, Midea successfully organized its '2012 Midea CAC Conference of East European Strategie Partners' in Antalya, Turkey. Eighty strategie par tners with Midea CAC joined this big event.
The topic of the conference was 'growing togetber.' Midea CAC has always dedicated itself to shari ng technology and marketing information with its partners. Midea is working together, sharing togetber and growing together with ali of its partners.
In the global economie crisis situation Midea CAC continues to grow globally. The key factors for the rapid growth of Midea CAC's business are strong product capability and an adaptive market policy to all distributors. Midea is the leading Chinese company that can provide complete solutions from big chiller systems and VRF systems to other heating and ventilation systems.
At the conference, Midea CAC launched the V4 Plus Super series VRF system and its fourth generation contro! system IMM (lntelligent Manager of Midea) . The V4 Plus Super system adopts DC inverter technology for ali compressors and fan motors, and the IPLV of this product is up to 5.8, which is the high energy saving product within the VRF industry. Midea's IMM system is based around a centralized format and dedicated to the complete contro! and monitoring of ali the system's functions. It can be used as a flexible multi-purpose system and applied to a variety of needs, according to the scale, purpose and contro! method of each building.
A li attendees at 2012 M idea CAC Conference of East European Strategie Partners
This conference provides a common platform for Midea distributors throughou t the eastern European market to understand Midea CAC better, and for Midea to strengthen and deepen the relationship with its distributors.
Maersk to Build Refrigeration Container Bases in China and Chile Recently, the Maersk Group invested US$ 170 million to build its refrigeration container manufacturing base in Chile. Additionally, the Maersk Group has invested in cold chain logistics infrastructure construction in Qingdao, China. Currently, the manufacturing base in Qingdao enj oys an annua! manufacturing capacity of 41,000 refrigeration containers and 37,000 refrigerators, and the annua! manufacturing capacity of its Chile base will
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reach 40,000 refrigeration containers and 30,000 refrigerators.
As repo rted by Ch ile's Th ree O'clock News on Aprii 20, 2012, Denmark's Maersk Group has invested US$ 170 million to build its refrigeration container manufacturing base in San Antonio Harbor, which is the first plant of its kind to be bu ilt in Latin America. Thi s factory aims to meet grow ing demand for the expor t of fresh and refrigerated goods in neighboring regions, enabling the company to double its globa1 sales i n three years.
Peter Nymand, Group CEO, stated that Chi1e and its neighboring countries bave huge demand for refrigeration container products, which is the main reason for Maersk to construct its factory there. The base in Chile will not only enhance its annua! manufacturing capacity, but also improve the company's current production technology with better product q uality. The biggest challenge for this manufacturing base is raw materia! supply, and Maersk is now looking to key materia! suppliers in Chile, including steel. As calculated by Chile Customs, 25% of Chile's exports are fish and fruits.
Climaveneta Further Strengthens Presence in UKMarket Following the acquisition in 2011 of the chiller d istribution and service activities of Climate from the Walter Meier Group, Climaveneta has signed an agreement to acqui re the majority of Powermaster Products, its long establisbed distribution par tner for England and Wales, together with the majority of Powermaster Service, the service organization that is active across the United Kingdom.
T he company's originai pian for the United Kingdom is thus comp1eted. Henceforth an integration process will begin to establisb group operation and provide one of the strongest sales and service teams for commerciai HVAC and process cooling i n the United Kingdom.
This is a further significant step in Climaveneta's strategy of commitment and investment in key European markets, combined with growing its activities in emerging markets.
The United Kingdom is particularly re1evant for its size and is focused on energy efficiency and environmental sustainability combined with the presence of top international developers, world-renowned architects and prestigious engineering firms, many with active operations overseas. This transaction is also in line with Cli maveneta's respect for its distribution partners, following the acquisition of the majority of the distribution activities in Spain, China and Poland.
Powermaster Products and Powermaster Service were established in 1988 and bave successfully promoted Climaveneta units since 1993. In 2011, sales were in excess of f1 1.2 million with close to 45 employees and a network of agents and partners. In 2011 Cli maveneta UK achieved sales of
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ICA Claims M Copper Preferr crochannel Alo The International Coj (ICA) recently annou tages of MicroGroove pared to microchannel conditioning and refr applications.
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Climaveneta UK Group wi!l be managed by a board of directors with two representatives from Climaveneta and Steven Shepherd, founder of Powermaster, who will be managing director of the new Clima veneta UK Group.
Mike Slattery, after successfully managing the transition of Climaveneta UK from Climate, has resigned from tbe company to pursue new professional opportunities.
Powermaster Cooling remains the exclusive distributor for Scotland for Clirnaveneta products.
ICA Claims MicroGroove Copper Preferred over Microchannel Aluminum The International Copper Association (ICA) recently announced the advantages of MicroGroove technology cornpared to microchannel aluminum in air conditioning and refrigeration (ACR) applications.
According to the ICA, MicroGroove technology consists of smaller diameter copper tubes witb enhanced surfaces. Both features contribute to improved rates of beat transfer between the refrigerant and the tube walls, mak.ing it possible to use Jess materia! in smaller, lighter evaporators and condenser coils. Smaller diameter refrigerant paths also could be realized with extruded aluminum tubes, whereby severa! channels are produced in one flat, ribbon-like tube.
Round copper tubes offer severa! important advantages over aluminum microchannel tubes: - Many OEMs bave already realized
increases in beat transfer using round copper tubes without the added costs and risks associated with aluminum brazing. - In evaporator applications, mois
ture is more readily removed from the evaporator coils because there are no flat tubes between the fins but rather the fins surround round copper tubes, allowing for easy drainage. - Durability is an issue. Por most en
vironments, copper tubes are preferred over aluminum tubes on the basis of durability and corrosion resistance. Copper is proven as a tube materia! in ACR applications. Costly coating processes, as often required for ali aluminum beat exchangers, are not necessary. - MicroGroove coils can offer smaller
refrigerant volumes than microchannel coils because the tube ends are connected by small U-joints rather than bulky headers.
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"In summary, MicroGroove tubes provi de ali of the advantages of smaller diameter tubes without the drawbacks of aluminum and tbe overhead of aluminum brazing," says Nigel Cotton, MicroGroove team leader for the ICA.
3.3 MW of Turbomiser Chillers Installed in London Data Center Colt's data center in Wapping, London , has been equipped with ultra efficient Turbomiser chillers as part of an upgrade delivering a total of 3.3 MW of high efficiency cooling. The facility, located at Princes Court in East London, will be cooled by six of the Turbomiser macbines, each rated at 550 kW.
The contract was won by Bristolbased specialist Cool-Therm against stiff competition, following successful
performance tests with Thrbomiser at Colt's Powergate data center. Monitoring by the client showed tbat energy consumption fell by 55% following the replacement of existing chillers with Turbomisers.
Following installat ion of tbe Turbomisers, the site's power usage ratio (tbe total data center power to the power used by tbe computing equipment) bas been reduced by 24%, representing a 140 kW savings in electricity at any point intime. Over tbe lifespan of the equipment, it is estimated that Colt will have helped to reduce UK carbon emissions by at least 20,000 tons of co2 (5,200 tons of car·bon).
Rob Young, who headed the project for Cool-Tberm, said , "Taking into account ambient fluctuations, this equates to an annua! savings of well over flOO,OOO."
The award-winning Turbomiser chiller was developed by UK-based Cool-Therm and its partners, working
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in collaboration witb Italian manufacturer Geoclima.
Based on oil-less Turbocor compressors that use virtually friction-free magnetic bearings, Thrbomiser can achieve EER of 10 and above without tbe need for additional free-cooling circuits with expensive glycol, saving both on initial cost and ongoing pump energy.
Turbomiser chil lers installed at Colt's data center, in London
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