Danfoss Recognized Twice in 2015 AHR Expo Innovation Award for Industry-leading Technology

Danfoss Turbocor VTT series of oil-free, variable speed, magnetic bearing centrifugal compressors wins green building category; ETS Colibri electronic expansion valves recognized with an Honorable Mention in the cooling category

Danfoss, a leading manufacturer of high efficiency electronic and mechanical components and controls for air-conditioning, heating, refrigeration, and motion systems, has been recognized by a panel of ASHRAE members with a 2015 AHR Expo Innovation Award, green building category, for its Turbocor VTT series of oil-free, variable speed, magnetic bearing centrifugal compressors. The company also received an Honorable Mention in the cooling category for its new ETS Colibri electronic expansion valve. Together, this marks the 17th and 18th time Danfoss has been recognized in the AHR Expo Innovation Awards program over the course of 12 years.

We are honored to receive the 2015 AHR Innovation Award, commented John Galyen, president, Danfoss North America. Innovation is rooted deep in our culture. For more than 80 years, Danfoss has been focused on engineering innovative, reliable technologies that reduce energy use and environmental impact and, today, we remain committed to product development and partnerships that enable our customers to meet the challenges and standards of tomorrow.

Award Winner: Turbocor VTT Series of Compressors

As the green building category winner, Danfoss Turbocor VTT series of compressors introduces IntraFlow, an innovative and patent-pending technology that improves efficiency and provides an extended stable operating range while simplifying capacity control. IntraFlow eliminates the need for inlet guide vanes or mechanical variable geometry diffusers, allowing VTT compressors to offer both superior full-load and part-load performance and enabling chiller manufacturers to achieve the latest efficiency standards.

Intended for water-cooled chillers and with capacities of 350 tons per compressor, Turbocor VTT or Variable Twin Turbo compressors are ideal for commercial air-conditioning or process cooling chillers reaching up to 1,000 tons or more. New drive technology featured on the compressors is exclusive to the VTT series, and is the result of integrated RD efforts blending Danfoss extensive expertise and capabilities in high-efficiency compressors and variable frequency drives for the HVACR industry. The VTT drive will have the superior reliability and performance that has come to be expected from Danfoss, in a small frame size made achievable only with refrigerant-controlled heat removal.

Because the compressors are oil free, end users experience lower maintenance costs associated with traditional systems that can suffer from repair chronic lubrication problems.

The Turbocor VTT series of compressors takes the benefits of magnetic bearing technology up into larger capacity ranges where our current TT series leaves off. Plus, the energy efficiency improvements on this new series of compressors enable our OEM partners to meet the new ASHRAE 90.1-2015 efficiency standards, said Frank Ford, director of product management for Danfoss Turbocor Compressors.

We are excited that this years panel of judges has recognized the innovative and efficient capabilities of the VTT series of compressors. We are very honored to receive this prestigious award. We have a strong sense of responsibility to continue to shape the HVAC industry so that we can do more with less energy via innovation, said Ricardo Schneider, president and CEO of Danfoss Turbocor Compressors. This award gives us the unique opportunity to recognize our customers and our organization as a highly integrated partnership that helps bring innovative energy efficiency solutions to the chiller business.

This is the third AHR Expo Innovation Award that Danfoss Turbocor Compressors has received.

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Danfoss Recognized Twice in 2015 AHR Expo Innovation Award for Industry-leading Technology