Product News
Modine launches US Chiller production with Corscale Data Centers
Modine Manufacturing Company has commenced full-scale production of chillers for the data center market at their new production facility in Rockbridge , Virginia , and further confirmed a significant order with data center giant , Corscale , with plans for further business in the coming months . Airedale by Modine™ is Modine ’ s data center cooling brand . Headquartered in Leeds , UK , and with facilities in Consett ( UK ), Guadalajara ( Spain ), Dubai ( UAE ), Rockbridge , VA ( US ), and Grenada , MI ( US ), Airedale by Modine products provide energy and water efficient cooling solutions for a data center market that is expanding to meet the demands of a planet increasingly reliant on data . |
With Airedale by Modine cooling solutions set to be installed at Corscale ’ s Gainesville Crossing Data Campus , the Company has secured a healthy |
pipeline for its OptiChill™ free-cooling chillers , AireWall™ fan walls & SmartCool ONE™ computer room air handling units . |
Having worked closely with engineers from Corscale , Modine has developed a specialized data center chiller based on their existing OptiChill range . The Corscale chiller , with enhanced free cooling , has been designed to meet North American safety standards , using American materials and components , to offer a world-class energyefficient solution . Engineering specialists at the chiller plant in Virginia have worked with their colleagues at Modine ’ s center of excellence in Leeds , UK , to deliver a cooling solution that delivers on performance while operating at higher water temperatures and fluid temperature differentials than traditional offerings , enhancing energy efficiency and free-cooling potential . |
Frigo-Consulting improves performance of reversible CO2 heat pumps
A study of two air-to-water reversible CO2 ( R744 ) heat pumps with ejectors at a Swiss shopping center led to improved system performance at a subsequent installation , according to an article by Jonas Schönenberger , Head of Research and Development at Swiss engineering consultancy Frigo- Consulting . The article appeared in HPT ( Heat Pumping Technologies ) Magazine , published by the IEA ( International Energy Agency ). The heat pump project was supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy , and the shopping center accepted higher investment and life-cycle costs to develop sustainable and forward-looking technologies with natural refrigerants . Since the commissioning of the heat pumps , “ their operation has been investigated , and valuable experience has been gained ,” noted Schönenberger . In 2019 and 2020 , the shopping center , in Lucerne , Switzerland , replaced a fossil-fuel heating and air-conditioning system with two CO2 heat pumps . Frigo-Consulting conducted an operational investigation , collecting data from the beginning of October 2020 to the end of September 2021 . During this time , no fundamental changes were made either on a component level or in the control strategy of the system . The two installed heat pumps offered a combined air-conditioning capacity of 1.1MW ( 312.8TR ) and a heating capacity of 1.3MW ( 369.7TR ). In the so-called dual operation mode , heating and air-conditioning can be provided simultaneously . Since then , the Frigo-Consulting team successfully commissioned a follow-up Jobsite using the same CO2 technology .
HBIS ZX HIGH TECH heat-resistant steel forgings
Plate Heat Exchanger in energy-saving heating system
Having an efficient and low-cost heating system is the key to reducing energy costs and CO2 emissions . VRCOOLER manufactures Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers ( BPHE ) for residential and commercial areas where utility is a top priority . Renewable and existing heating
systems , such as solar heating , gas boilers , heat pumps , fuel cells combined with thermoelectric heating systems , etc . Heat exchangers using VRCOOLER can have higher performance and heat transfer efficiency and can lead to lower energy consumption and cost .
The heat-resistant steel forgings customized by HBIS ZX HIGH TECH for a strategic customer were successfully rolled off the production line in the forging area of special Materials Research and Manufacturing Company . The products are mainly used in the manufacture of engine valves in Marine and other “ high precision ” fields . Heat-resistant steel has excellent wear resistance , low permeability , good toughness , and excellent ablative resistance at high temperatures , and has broad market prospects . HBIS ZX HIGH TECH promotes technology upgrading in an all-round way , gives full play to its advantages in equipment , technology , and talents , and aims at “ advanced , sophisticated and advanced ” fields . Its teams and HBIS Research Institute experts optimized and designed smelting - electric arc slag - forging procedures and guidelines to improve the capabilities and reliability of the products . In smelting , they strictly followed the smelting plan and regulate the key control points . To control the key element level , they thoroughly studied the temperature samples and improve their procedures to enhance the element absorbency . In forging , the production teams executed precisely to overcome the difficulties of narrow temperature variation , high deformation resistance , and cracking . All forging qualities and dimensional readings met client requirements .
78 Heat Exchanger World September 2022