ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Torad Engineering has announced that its sixth generation spool compressor prototype has achieved market level energy efficiency. The latest spool compressor mechanism has attained 80 percent overall isentropic efficiency, which equates to an estimated EER of 22.7 at the SEER B point. Details of the compressor’s performance will be presented at the 2014 International Compressor Engineering Conference, July 14-17, on the campus of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

“I have been working in the compressor industry for almost 30 years. I have been involved in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of reciprocating, single screw, twin screw, scroll, and turbo compressors with industry leading companies. To make this much progress, as fast as we have, is unimaginable,” said Joe Orosz, Torad’s chief operating officer. “It will be interesting to see how far this technology can go. We are still very early in the development cycle and already see outstanding operating characteristics and scaling potential.”

Torad’s spool compressor technology features a simple rotary design with four main components: rotor, main housing, vane, and bearing housing. According to the company, the components can be manufactured utilizing low-cost capital equipment and easily scaled for larger sizes. The design is durable with significant advantages in capacity density, said Torad.

Greg Kemp, Torad’s founder and inventor of the spool machine, added, “It has been widely accepted that, in production, the spool compressor will have a very competitive price structure. Now that Torad has reached this efficiency milestone, system builders and compressor OEMs are showing great interest in the spool compressor as an alternative to legacy compressors.”

Details of the new prototype’s performance will be available on Torad’s website after it has been presented at the 2014 International Compressor Engineering Conference.

For more information, visit www.toradengineering.com.

Publication date: 6/23/2014

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