Heating and air conditioning - Heres Turbocor's link

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Heres Turbocor's link

Geoman^^

2006-01-27, 2:21 pm

http://www.turbocor.com/

An amazing compressor!

"Geoman^^" <Geo2> wrote in message
news:o42dnSbu9rjAtUfeRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
> Well, we got back from the International Air Conditioning Heating and
> Refrigeration show in Chicago.
>
> I was surprised that American Standard and Trane did not show up at all.
> But the Asian countries along with Middle Eastern countries were well
> represented. On the south side of McCormick there were rows of Asian
> manufactures with the exact same designs as the American companies.
>
> I could not believe how the Chinese and Asian countries copy almost
> exactly all the American type products. I saw a hydronic zone valve from
> China that was exactly like Honeywell, I could not tell the difference.
>
> I was going to get a shirt that read:
> "Welcome to America,
> NOW SPEAK ENGLISH!"
>
> McCormick center has changed since my last visit, the show is in a
> completely new building. The older section is no longer used for shows
> like this and they are at present building another section that is just as
> big or bigger!
>
> Only one geothermal company was there, Climate Master. I didn't even go
> too their booth since we have had terrible experiences with them in the
> past.
>
> Tons of ductwork fittings on display, I was sick of seeing rows of spiral
> duct and plastic duct wrap and the Chinese foam ducts with foil facings.
>
> The highlight of the show for both Mark and myself was Danfoss. They had
> an operational centrifugal 90 ton unit there, the new magnetic bearing
> compressor. 90 tons of ac, weights about 240 pounds and starts on 2 amps
> at 240 volts and is oiless. The person who explained it was VERY
> interesting. You can hardly hear or feel that compressor run while it
> turns at close to 100,000 RPM. Danfoss has done a remarkable design on
> that compressor. He informed us about how they have plans in the future to
> have a 5 ton compressor that is no larger than a magic marker or a large
> writing pen!
>
> We spent an extra day seeing the city, I never walked so much in all my
> life! All in all, it was a great time but were both glad to be home.
>
> Oh, BTW, I almost forgot, Mark was upset because it didn't have an attic!!
> We went to the Sears Tower and John Hancock and they wouldn't let him in
> theirs!!!!
>
> But, he did get to sit in a cockpit of our plane after landing, that made
> his day! He and the pilot became good friends. Mark always wanted to be a
> pilot.
>
> Rich
>
>
>

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2006-01-27, 2:21 pm

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:39:50 -0500, "Geoman^^" <Geo2> wrote:

>http://www.turbocor.com/
>
>An amazing compressor!
>

It'd be pretty interesting if they got it down to the <10 ton
range. Couple that with VFD fans and appropriate controls, and the
days of 'sizing a system to a house' could be over !

Given the economies of production scale inherent in that, the
price point could be far below any recip or scroll on the market
today, even with the added VFD, and the SEER's could blow todays
numbers out of the market, too.

Interesting stuff.

There could in effect be one system that could be installed in
any house almost regardless of size ( Bill Gate's house might require
several, or a larger one ), and provide excellent SEER, humidity
control, comfort, etc.

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