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Danfoss India, a part of Danish company Danfoss Group (a major player in climate and energy space), has opened a psychrometric (PSR) lab, which tests products for energy efficiency standards, at its Oragadam facility in Chennai on August 5, 2015. The lab will provide manufacturers (especially SMEs who could not afford to invest in high-cost testing lab at their site) a platform to test their products for energy efficiency standards and achieve third party certifications through Intertek - an inspection, product testing and certification company.
Danfoss sees this lab, which was inaugurated by Dr Ajay Mathur (director general of Bureau of Energy Efficiency), as a step towards addressing India’s energy security through energy efficiency, by helping stakeholders in performance testing of their air conditioning components that contribute to maximum load on power grids.
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“Energy efficiency is at the core of our energy system development and one must understand that it has a direct impact on our GDP. In fact, every organisation across industry should adopt energy efficient technologies to lower their dependence on our already strapped resources. Industries are a key pivot of our GDP and Danfoss, by investing in the psychrometric lab, has set the direction towards embracing energy efficient technologies to achieve their sustainability goals. This initiative will further support the air-conditioning and refrigeration industry in developing new innovative energy efficient products,” commented Dr Ajay Mathur, director general, BEE.
With a customer-centric approach to designing customised applications, the psychrometric lab, built with an investment of $ 10 million, will test air conditioners, chillers and other refrigeration equipment for relevant international standards such as IS, ISO 5051, AHRI and AHRI 550/590 among others. This apart, customers will have the facility to test for the functionality of their applications with Danfoss products, and further customise and improvise solutions to suit their needs, thereby enabling to serve the end customer better.
HVAC manufacturers have to consistently invest in product innovations to meet the existing standards in energy efficiency and also to bring down the cost of the products. In fact there are new standards being developed for large air conditioning equipment which will require necessary test beds for testing and further innovation. Danfoss feels that the new lab will help manufacturers to cut down product development cycle for the launch new energy-efficient products in the market.
