Next Generation HVACR Systems
Political, economic, and environmental pressures now place energy consumption, conservation, and the protection of our global environment at the forefront of global consciousness. We believe these are not stumbling blocks to economic progress, but rather stepping stones to uncharted achievement and exceptional opportunities.
The HVACR industry is fiercely competitive and has experienced few recent groundbreaking technological advances. Primary drivers of competitive differentiation are efficiency increases, value added services, retrofit offerings, and perhaps most importantly, the growing trend of total system energy management capabilities.
During the past decade, academic and industry research labs and the U.S. Army have been addressing the technological challenges of using CO2 as a refrigerant. This applied research and development of next generation systems is directed at long-term solutions, and consequently defines a predictable “tectonic” industrial shift created by governmental and consumer demand.
The blueprint for these systems displays the following objectives:
Environmentally Benign and Safe
- Zero ozone depletion potential (ODP)
- Zero net global warming potential (GWP)
- Non-flammable, non-toxic, non-corrosive, readily available, inexpensive
Reduced Cost
- Reduced power consumption
- Reduced logistics burden and refrigerant management costs
- Lower operating and maintenance costs
- Longer service life
Better Performance
- Reduced weight and volume
- Improved high and low ambient temperature operation
- Instant heat generation, higher output air/water heating temperature, improved heating comfort
- Rapid and deeper “cool down” in heat soaked conditions
- Better performance for water heating/cooling applications (hydronic motive)
Carbon dioxide clearly holds a preferred status as the optimal natural refrigerant for future systems. The ideal and visionary next generation thermal management system features a core heating/cooling device that eliminates the environmental hazards and refrigerant management costs of HFC’s, significantly reduces energy consumption, and is compliant with current and future regulations, while providing ideal creature comfort. The core device would seamlessly integrate with any heat source, natural or manmade; removing, storing, transferring, and delivering thermal energy for virtually any heating/cooling requirement.
EcoThermics offers both vision and clean technology for unequalled, seamless integrated system applications, efficient thermal distribution and conservation of energy, and at a lower total cost of ownership.
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