The new products give OEMs, distributors, contractors, and end users a new combustion safety shutoff valve option that increases safety and reliability and enhances both flow and control.
The Turbocor® TG490 is the an oil-free, variable-speed, magnetic bearing centrifugal compressor qualified for the use of R-515B, which has an AR5 GWP of 299 and an ASHRAE A1 safety classification for lower toxicity and no flame propagation.
The ASHRAE COVID-19 Preparedness Resources webpage, ashrae.org/COVID19, provides easily accessible resources from ASHRAE to building industry professionals.
Christine Detz, product management, centrifugal chillers, building technologies and solutions, Johnson Controls, and Kaitlin Logan, product and strategy manager, Johnson Controls, introduce the new product at the 2020 AHR Expo.
"The department ignored a statutory requirement that it establish clear and convincing evidence that the rule results in significant energy savings that outweigh the costs imposed,” said Caroline Davidson-Hood, general counsel, AHRI.