Zamil Air Conditioners develops water cooled centrifugal chiller

Zamil Air Conditioners, Dammam-based subsidiary of Zamil Industrial Investment Company (Zamil Industrial), has successfully commissioned the first water cooled Turbocor Centrifugal chiller in the Middle East.
This “innovative” chiller was designed and produced by Geoclima, a business unit of Zamil Air Conditioners and major Italian manufacturer of air conditioning systems.
The company stated that the Turbocor Chiller is water cooled, ranges in capacity from 370 tons to 1,300 tons, and comes with an array of extraordinary features. These chillers are suitable for both commercial and light industrial chilled water applications.
Ahmed Zaatari, VP, Zamil Air Conditioners, said these new centrifugal chillers are the first in the Middle East to feature oil free compressor technology.
He said they also employed frictionless magnetic bearings, instead of the commonly used alternative compressor bearings and featured a built-in variable frequency drive (VFD).
"The advanced-design chiller is also remarkably low noise, uses an extremely low starting current, and is designed to provide customers with a cooling solution that delivers truly sustainable performance and operation," he said.
"These water cooled centrifugal chillers offer added flexibility over traditional ones, including variable speed compressors that adjust exactly to required cooling loads, resulting in outstanding energy savings from digitally
“Various Zamil Air Conditioners’ business units, in cooperation with Geoclima, have combined their talents to create a unit that is truly advanced in terms of cooling capacity and energy savings. This new centrifugal chiller meets the climate control needs of the new regulatory environment and our clients more completely than ever before by operating with an increased efficiency that simultaneously lowers energy costs and protects the environment.”
Fawaz Bitar, head of heavy duty cooling product unit at the same company, said: "We are proud to announce the commissioning of the first ever oil free magnetic bearings water cooled centrifugal chiller in the Middle East."