CIAT Group, one of the European leaders in centralized air conditioning, air handling and heat exchange, and also the leading French heat pump manufacturer, launched Free Cooling, an optional module for AQUACIAT cooling units to reduce the consumption of energy in offices in the winter.

According to the company’s press release, unlike previous solutions, AQUACIAT Free Cooling is compact and allows a gain of 25 to 40% of floor area. Intended for 185 to 485 kW AQUACIAT cooling units, it produces energy savings of 20 to 50% in relation to a conventional configuration with a single cooling unit, because it uses cold air from the outside as the cooling source.

Free Cooling is equipped with an AEROConnect control module, which manages the Free Cooling module fan and motor and the V3V according to requirements and climatic conditions so as to always give priority to production in Free Cooling mode. As soon as the outside temperature is 2°C lower than the return temperature of the water-cooling unit, Free Cooling takes over a part of the cooling power. 30 to 65% of the nominal power of the unit is therefore provided, reaching an EER of 26 of energy efficiency.

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