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New Roof Top SPACE with
ACTIVE RECOVERY option



Use / Applications
Reversible air-to-air heat pumps
Heating, Cooling

Market opportunities:

Primary market:
New and renovated Parking Shops, Supermarkets
and Hypermarkets
Common areas in new and renovated commercial
centers and Malls
Secondary market
New and renovated industrial + commercial
buildings



Standard range, 17 sizes ( 90 to 1200)
Cooling capacity from 21 to 276 kW
Heating capacity from 22 to 286 kW
With Active Recovery option, 13 sizes (240 to 1200)
Cooling capacity from 93 to 387 kW
Heating capacity from 87 to 360 kW

Description

The Active Recovery option is meant to extend the fresh air handling capability of the Roof Top

It is an additional frigorific circuit (with a compressor) with the external circuit coil placed in the extraction damper and
the internal circuit coil is an additional capacity step to the unit internal coil. : the heat contained in exhaust air is
captured and transferred to drawn-in air by the thermodynamic system for even higher energy efficiency

The additional recovery option is useful to handle occupational load and therefore fresh air. If there is no need of fresh
air, then there is no need for recovery.

The current legal framework for this option is the European Directive for Efficiency in Buildings that establishs new
objectives for air quality and energy efficiency in buildings.

The current configuration of the active recovery option is meant to be operated with a CO2 sensor to manage the
Fresh air damper from the 20% to 100%, being the 20% the minimum air flow.
The compressor starting sequence is set for the active recovery circuit compressor to be the first power stage.

The Active Recovery Control is GESCLIMA PRO RECOVERY and uses the same hardware as the standard unit but
the software is different.
The Active Recovery Option is always associated to units with MRC mix box configurations (equal to MC mix box
configurations) and therefore is always associated to thermal or enthalpy Free Cooling.



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Extract Air
Fresh Air
Return Air
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Main characteristics


Easy to install

MRC mix box configuration has two types of centrifugal return fans to enable different air return and discharge
directions to adapt to the installation needs.


MRC0 MRC1















Different mountings :

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Extra circuit = Extra capacity

The Active Recovery option increases the cooling capacity a 35% average
The Active Recovery is established as a step of additional power, so units with this option have a greater nominal
capacity

Pf evolution with Active Recovery
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240 320 360 420 485 540 600 650 720 840 960 1100 1200
Pf
Pf 20% FA
Pf 60% FA
Pf 90% FA
Pf 100% FA



This means that on the selection the unit can be reduced into 2 sizes, then in the same casing we have a 35% more
capacity with the active recovery option.
The price of the Active Recovery option is 5% lower than the equivalent capacity unit without the option.


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Example :
The cooling capacity of the model 650 with active recovery option is increased by 21 % with 20 % fresh air and 46 %
with 60 % fresh air if we compare with standard model.






+35 %
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Example of selection made with 60 % fresh air :


Siez
P.frigo KW
Standart unit
P.frigo KW
with recovery
option
Gain
New model selected with
active recovery
240 59.60 93.30 57%
320 74.40 111.70 50%
360 83.90 122.70 46% 240
420 104.80 148.60 42% 320
485 115.20 159.40 38% 360
540 127.50 182.10 43% 360
600 141.80 198.70 40% 420
650 154.10 224.70 46% 485
720 166.40 237.00 42% 540
840 192.60 273.20 42% 600
960 212.90 295.00 39% 650
1100 255.20 364.50 43% 720
1200 276.60 387.50 40% 840


Example : when 150 KW was required, model 650 was offered. Now , thanks to the active recovery , the model 485
can be proposed ( 159.4 KW supplied .




Efficiency increase
The Active Recovery option increases the efficiency of the unit a 55%.


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+55 %
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External conditions and recovery efficiency

The Active recovery is a suitable system for Mediterranean or moderate climate conditions. The limit of its
competitiveness is where the efficiency of other recovery system began. This limit is approximatively when the
temperature difference between the setpoint and the external temperature is higher that 15 k.

Example :
In winter, set point : 26C, the unit is optimal at 41C
In summer, set point 21 C, the unit is optimal at 6C


The active recovery has two advantages over other passive recovery systems as recovery well and cross flow air to
air heat exchangers:
1.- The low pressure drop of the coil, 70 Pa, against a recovery well 200 Pa or cross flow plate exchanger 250 Pa
2.- The low fouling factor of the recovery coil. In many cases there is no need for filter in the return air to protect the
coil, therefore the pressure drop of the return air circuit is lower.
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Operational limits in cooling
The New Space PF standard can handle 100% fresh air up to 30C, 50% RH (22C WB or 15.5 kcal/kg or 65 kJ/kg).

The New Space PF with the active recovery option handles 100 % up to 35C, 50% RH(27 WB or 20.4 kcal/kg or
85.4 kJ/kg), the extension of the limits are related to the air flow of the unit. The following graphs show the limits set in
the selection software.




















Note :
The red area covers the green and yellow area.
The green area covers the yellow one

As you can see in the graphs the 100 % fresh air limit is higher when the return temperature is and the air flow of the
unit are lower.








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Operational limits in heating
The New Space PF standard can handle 100% fresh air down to 10C external temperature.

The New Space PF with the active recovery option can handle 100% fresh air down to 6C external temperature

The following graph show the limits set in the selection software.












As you can see in the graphs the 100 % fresh air limit is higher when the return temperature is higher and the air flow
of the unit are lower.




Summary:

Strong points

Increases the fresh air handling capacity (extends the operational limits)
It is an option that increases the available capacity 35%, then the unit size in the selection can be reduced.
The resultant price of the selection is 5% lower than the equivalent unit without the option, but bear in mind
that this option is only useful when there is a demand for fresh air.
Total integration, the Active Recovery option does not modify the dimensions of the unit:
With the option the efficiency increases a 55%, so there is a payback on the unit for this efficiency increase.

The energy recovery system complies with the requirements of the European directly for Efficiency in
buildings in Mediterranean countries.



We hope that it will help you to increase your potential of sales for this family of product.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further information.

Best Regards.