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Aqua Air – Alpha Chiller – Chilled Water Chillers

The Aqua Air Alpha Chiller – Chilled Water Chiller Module is today’s largest selling chiller in the megayacht industry. Over the last decade, more Alpha’s have been installed in yachts than all other brands combined. Since its introduction in 1993, it has constantly evolved

The Aqua Air – Alpha chiller removes heat from the water loop that circulates around the vessel, which is used as a refrigerant to remove heat from the cabins and living areas. The chilled water circulates through a chilled water loop and through coils located in air handlers. Chilled water systems include other HVAC equipment designed to exchange heat such as computer room air conditioners. It then returns to the chiller where the chiller removes the heat from the water using the refrigeration process and transfers the heat into the sea water

Aqua Air Alpha Chillers shipped today feature aluminium chassis’, scroll compressors and AWLgrip coatings. What has not changed is the compactness and unrivalled reliability. In recent comparisons to other brands, the Alpha was 22% lighter and 38% smaller in volume. This means significant weight and space savings when the units are racked. Alpha’s are built-in capacities from 24,000 to 120,000 BTU/hr and all share the same chassis dimensions

Should a vessel’s British Thermal Unit (BTU) requirements exceed 120,000 BTU/hr, multiple chillers can be racked together for a larger total capacity

History of Air conditioning

Air conditioning, (sometimes referred to as HVAC), actually has roots in second-century China, where an inventor named Ding Huane crafted a manually powered rotary fan. The concept of air cooling also intrigued the great American inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin, who in 1758 conducted experiments with evaporation and alcohol to attain freezing temperatures

Air conditioning has grown from a luxury to a necessity and contributed in many ways to the quality of life in both the U.S. and the industrialized world

Willis Carrier: The Father of the Air Conditioner

The first modern air conditioner was invented in 1902 by Willis Haviland Carrier, a skilled engineer who began experimenting with the laws of humidity control to solve an application problem at a printing plant in Brooklyn, NY. Borrowing from the concepts of mechanical refrigeration established in earlier years, Carrier’s system sent air through coils filled with cold water, cooling the air while at the same time removing moisture to control room humidity. In 1933, the Carrier Air Conditioning Company of America developed an air conditioner using a belt-driven condensing unit and associated blower, mechanical controls, and evaporator coil, and this device became the model in the growing U.S. marketplace for air-cooling systems

Today’s air conditioners, while operating on the same fundamental science as Carrier’s 1933 system, incorporate advancements in vapour compression, diagnostics and controls, electronic sensors, materials, and energy efficiency. Carrier’s new top-of-the-line central air conditioner, the Infinity, is far different from the founder’s early models, featuring advanced components including a two-stage scroll compressor for quieter, more energy-efficient performance

Aqua Air Chiller Class Requirements

Ocean Footprint are distributors of the RACMET MarinePRES Copper Nickel press-fit plumbing system and this will allow meeting the class requirements for seawater piping in engine rooms on class compliance