Carrier Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd. (Carrier India) has been awarded one of India’s largest and most prestigious air-conditioning orders from Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL) for its upcoming Terminal 3. Carrier India’s parent company is Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
Carrier will provide eight Evergreen® 19XRD centrifugal chillers of 2500 tonnage refrigeration (TR) each for this project. This dual compressor centrifugal chiller represents cutting-edge heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology and is an ideal choice for large airports, shopping malls, commercial complexes, factories and district cooling plants.
The Evergreen® 19XRD is Carrier's largest single-unit cooling capacity chiller employing non-ozone depleting refrigerant HFC-134-A. The chiller features Carrier-patented technology designed to improve indoor air quality and provide environmental benefits.
“We are proud to have been awarded such a prestigious project,” said Mr. Zubin Irani, managing director, Carrier India. “Winning this project is further evidence that we are the customer’s first choice for air-conditioning products. Carrier will provide high-quality products that help create a comfortable and healthy environment for both travelers and workers throughout this terminal.”
The Delhi International Airport expects Terminal 3 to be operational before the Commonwealth games in 2010. It will be approximately 5.2 million sq. ft. with annual capacity of 34 million passengers.
Carrier equipment cools many airports globally, including the Stansted Airport, United Kingdom, the Toronto International Airport, Canada, the Prague Airport, Czech Republic, the Dublin Airport, Ireland, the Munich Airport, Germany, the Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan, the Chisinau International Airport, Moldova, the Manas International Airport, Kyrgystan, the Tashkent International Airport, Uzbekistan, the Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, Russia.
About Carrier Corp.: Carrier Corp., headquartered in Farmington, Conn., is the world’s largest provider of heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions. With 2007 revenues of $14.6 billion, Carrier has approximately 43,000 employees worldwide and operations in more than 170 countries. Carrier is part of United Technologies Corp., a Hartford, Connecticut-based provider of a broad range of high technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide. Visit www.carrier.com for more information.
About DIAL: Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) is a joint venture company; comprising the Bangalore headquartered, global infrastructure major GMR Group, Airports Authority of India, Fraport, Malaysian Airport and India Development Fund. DIAL is working towards the modernization and restructuring of the Delhi Airport. The project being developed by DIAL under Public Private Partnership has been given the mandate to finance, design, build, operate and maintain the Delhi Airport for 30 years with an option to extend it by another 30 years.