TORO HYBRID AC APPLICATION NOTE Sustainable Air-conditioning

Sustainable Air-conditioning is new term to define energy efficient and eco-friendly cooling processes that use field proven and appropriate cooling technologies to accomplish comfortable and accurate indoor environment control. New Hybrid Air Conditioners being introduced by TORO Cooling Systems Private Limited are based on this philosophy. Toro Hybrid Air Conditioners remove Sensible and Latent heat by using the most reliable and energy efficient process to remove each one of them independently. Toro Sustainable Air conditioners can reduce the operating costs of air-conditioning. Toro Cooling process cools the recirculated air to any temperature and humidity conditions without penalty of over cooling and reheating. The technique saves considerable amount of energy and reduces operating cost drastically. Toro Hybrid Air Conditioners achieve seasonal energy saving may be more than 75% however annualized energy savings exceed 50% compared to conventional systems. The process is Ozone friendly, reduces GHG emissions and has the smallest carbon foot print. TORO Hybrid Air conditioners can be operated on Solar panels or a battery bank. The systems can be connected to a TES Device for loaf shifting.

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ATM Enclosure Cooling
Most of the present day ATM enclosures are of 10X12 or smaller and use 1.5 TR split air conditioners. Many times, a stand by unit of the same size is also not uncommon. By the way, The ATM does not need all that refrigeration capacity to function! As can be seen from the recommended interior environment for the ATM rooms (see hereunder), by NCR, one of the leading ATM manufactures in the world. Normal Operating Range Interior Environment Temperature -dry bulb Relative humidity 10C to 40C 50F to 104F 20% to 80% 20% to 80% 79F

Dew point temperature restriction 26C

As can be seen from the above data, the ATM does not need excessive cooling to function but given our countries diverse weather conditions, air-conditioning provides customer comfort while dissipating the heat generated by the ATM electronics. Many ATM enclosure are fitted with a 1.5 TR split AC and this conventional split unit requires 2.2 kW input p> however backup generator required has to be three times larger to meet the starting current spike. Given the power problems, many a time a 15 kW power back up becomes necessary to power the ATM. Back ground Banks have already started discussing the need of a simple ATM, minimizing the requirements of ACs, UPS, security, etc., so that management becomes easier and more viable. Also, companies are putting more and more tools to reduce cost of operating ACs (like switching off ACs at night when there are no customers, sending an alert if the UPS goes down, etc. TORO Cooling Systems Pvt. Ltd.

TORO HYBRID AC APPLICATION NOTE Sustainable Air-conditioning

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So in future we will see less dependence on human resources for troubleshooting and providing customers with a no-frills ATM. This could bring in new formats of ATMs with smaller foot prints and acceptance for more economically cooled interiors both for ATM heat dissipation and human comfort.

Challenge
The ATM load is very little compared to the parasitic loads of comfort air conditioning and provision for its starting currents. The air conditioning equipment will need the backup to keep it operating during the perennial power cuts. Deployment of large numbers of ATM s will need substantial capital investment in energy resources and back up for the same. For instance, 63000 ATM installations in the news recently will demand almost 400 MW of power from the grid and an equivalent capacity of backup power .

Solution
Average customer is in the ATM enclosure for not longer than 10 minutes. Heat dissipated by the body is less than 150 watts. Heat dissipate by the machine during transaction is less than 800 watts. So total heat added in the enclosure is 950 watts .Total external heat gain cannot exceed 1000 watts Maximum average heat load at any given time is less than 0.5 TR and present transaction rates are so low that most of the time the ATM heat loads not exceeding 300 watts. Toro Cooling system Private Ltd. is offers a Hybrid Air conditioner to offer sustainable air conditioning especially for sensible cooling application with non condensing humidity. Toro Cooling Systems can achieve comfortable indoor environment using Hybrid cooling technologies. Connected loads are reduced by 50% compared to conventional split units and operating cost savings can range from 50 to 70% depending on the climatic conditions of the location. Major advantage lies in slashing the power back up costs by half. Advantage TORO Toro Air conditioners use free cooling for more than 4000 hours at any location in India and this unique advantage makes them most energy efficient. Use of conventional tested and tried technologies in an innovative and unique combination the cooling operation becomes cost effective and highly reliable. Being open cycle machines, the TORO Hybrid Air conditioners are virtually maintenance free. No specialists are required for equipment maintenance or overhaul. You average staff for plant maintenance or a good electrical Repair shop, can maintain the equipment. Life cycle Costs: TORO Hybrid Air conditioners have longest MTBF besides having lowest life cycle costs compared to conventional split or window air conditioners. These Hybrid Air conditioners use world class; counter current, Polymer plate, Air to Air GreEn3 heat exchangers having nearly 90% efficiency. A very small refrigeration system having highly efficient evaporative condensing achieves dehumidification as and when required, at fraction of the operating cost.

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