Jan Svallingson

Benefits of air curtains in cold storage

applications

Jan Svallingson
Direct + 46 31 336 86 21
Business Development Director jan.svallingson@frico.se

Frico AB, PO Box 102,

433 22 Partille
Phone +46 31 336 86 00
Fax +46 31 26 28 60
www.frico.se
AIR CURTAINS
Key ENERGY SAVING opportunities
Agenda

• Open door facts

• Solution and function
• Alternatives
• Key benefits
• Case studies
• Why air curtains
• Optimal air curtain
 Airport luggage
Applications departments
Airport entrances

Airport cold storage

facilities

Convenient store
entrances
Stadium entrances

Supermarket freezer
and chiller rooms

Supermarket
entrances

Office building
entrances Ship openings

Kitchen openings

Hospital cold
rooms Restaurant
entrances
Gasoline station
entrances

Garage gates

Hospital
entrances
Open door
An open door has an huge impact on
the energy consumption
Unwanted flow of air
Warm, moist air enter climate controlled
area and conditioned air escape the
area.
Inflow of particles and insects
Unclean environment, poor indoor
air quality and discomfort
Open doors
When a door opens the pressure and density
difference between the inside and outside air
leads to an exchange of air - warm, moist air
enter top third of the opening and cold air
escape bottom third.

No barrier
Nothing that hinder
particles and insects
from entering.

Case study laboratory– Sävedalen, Sweden

Solution
Installation of Frico air curtains in
frequently used doors
Function
Collect air and gather it into a
laminar and unified air beam.
Alternatives

Plastic strips is a safety hazard due to the

low visibility and the bacterial impact.
They quickly get unclean and break easily.

Current protection – sliding doors

The sliding doors protects well when the
door is closed, if programed correct it
opens and close fast.
Improve the visibility

By replacing the plastic strips with Frico

PAEC air curtains you get an
uninterrupted view.
Ice building

Inflow of warm, moist air lead to ice and

frost building which generate frequent
defrost and service along with safety
hazards.

Reduced ice and frost building by

restraining inflow of warm, moist air with
a Frico PAEC air curtain.
 Key benefits

REDUCE RETAIN RESTRAIN

Reduce the size of an opening Keep the cooled air Hold back the warm air
Frico air curtains reduce the opening size and
thereby restrain the warm, moist air from
entering controlled climate areas, at the same
time conditioned air is retained in the area it was
intended for.

Air barrier
Reduced infiltration of
particles and insects.

Case study laboratory– Sävedalen, Sweden

Case studies
Lighten the load on cooling equipment
 Total consumption for cooling per month
with plastic strips

~2754kWh
Case study- Freezer room
One freezer ~20sqm
Inside temp ~-23°C
Outside temp ~30°C

Total consumption for cooling per month

after removal of plastic strips and Avg/day 91,81kWh

installing Frico PAEC air curtain

2280kWh
~27% or 474kWh
Less energy waste per month Avg/day 76,01kWh

Case study freezer room– Bangkok, Thailand

Temperature rises

Huge temperature rises inside the freezer

room without any protection when the
door is open – outside temp ~34°.

After installing a Frico PAEC (fan step 4,5)

the inflow of warm, moist air is restrained
and the cool retained in the area it is
meant for – outside temp ~34°.

Case study freezer room –Bangkok, Thailand

 Total consumption for cooling per month
with plastic strips

~46992kWh
Case study – Cold storage
Six cold rooms 15-30sqm
Inside temp ~0°C
Outside temp ~30°C

Total consumption for cooling per month Avg/day 1566,40kWh

after removal of plastic strips and

installing Frico PAEC air curtain

40032kWh
Avg/day 1334,40kWh

~15% or 6960kWh
Less energy waste per month

Case study cold storage– Bangkok, Thailand

Temperature fluctuation
Outside temp 22°C
Without air curtain the fluctuation in
temperature in the climate controlled Avg.
temp
area generate high loads on cooling 4,5°C
equipment.

Case study Cederleufs bakery – Sävedalen, Sweden

Measured with the chiller rooms system for temperature

Outside temp 22°C

With Frico air curtain, optimized fan

speed the temperature is more even and
the high temperature rises are restrained.
Avg.
temp
3,9°C
 Total consumption for cooling per month
without any protection

~3344kWh
Case study– Convenient store
200sqm - ~1000 visitors per day
Inside set temp 24°C
Outside temp ~35°C

Total consumption for cooling per month Avg/day 111,47kWh

with Frico PAEC air curtain

2458kWh
Avg/day 81,94kWh

~26% or 886kWh
Less energy waste per month
 Total consumption for cooling per month
without any protection

~4826kWh
Case study– Convenient store
200sqm – ~1000 visitors per day
Inside set temp 24°C
Outside temp ~36°C

Total consumption for cooling per month

with Frico PAEC air curtain Avg/day 160,87kWh

3728kWh Avg/day 124,26kWh

~23% or 1098kWh
Less energy waste per month
Why choose Frico air curtains
 Impulse

The combination of correct air

velocity and air volume gives an
optimized impulse
 Sound

Low sound levels by having the sound

bounce off the ceiling.
Outlet grille
A powerful, laminar and uniformed
air beam with low turbulence and
strong throw length
 Outlet grille tilted
A powerful, laminar and uniformed
air beam with low turbulence and
strong throw length
Considerable
better
Performance
 EC air curtains

+ By applying EC-technology Frico apply

GREEN THINKING.
The EC-motor allows for step-less
control of the fan speed, giving the
possibility to optimized fan-speed
and energy savings in every
installation.
 EC air curtains
The power saving is not only at maximum power, but also
especially in lower power operation dependent on demand.
PAEC has 0-10 step-less control of the fan, in the diagram
only four (4) fan settings is presented.

Power consumption Frico PAEC-models

PAECS >4m PAEC2500 >5m PAEC3200 >6m Competitor >4m
350
HI; 1420m3/h

LO; 1320m3/h
300

250

200
WATT [W]

2730m3/h
150

100

2040m3/h
50
1360m3/h
670m3/h

0
Fan step 2 Fan step 4 Fan step 6 Fan step 10 LO HI
 Frico PAEC series
Available in three models for cooled environment, all
equipped with EC-motors.

PAECS PAEC2500 PAEC3200

World smallest EC
Up to 5m installation Up to 6m installation
air curtain up to 4m
height height
installation height.

Lengths 1m; 1,5m; 2m Lengths 1m; 1,5m; 2m

Lengths 1m; 1,5m
Plug and play
Mount and plug in - apply the door
contact and external potentiometer.
PAEC comes with external
potentiometer that controls the fan
speed when the door is open and the
internal control controls the speed
when the door is closed (idle speed) –
to avoid start-up consumption and
time.
Cross flow fan
A powerful, laminar and uniformed air beam without gaps

Radial fans
 Summary benefits

Less kWh Less condensation means less Better visibility and less
+ +
consumption defrosting and maintenance accidents
=
Total savings with
Frico air curtains
The optimal solution

High speed sliding doors + Frico PAEC

Freezer door + Frico PAEC

Case study convienient store – Bangkok, Thailand

 Frico core values

TRUST COMPETENCE DESIGN

Experienced in-house
All Frico air curtains are Long experience in the
R&D, AMCA certified
measured according to air curtain business in
laboratory and our own
actual AMCA-standards Scandinavian climate
production plants.
Jan Svallingson