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The Eurovent Product Group ‘Air Handling Units’ re-elected Martin Lenz (TROX) as the group’s Chairperson and Andy Bijmans (Systemair) as its Vice-Chairperson. The election took place during the group’s last meeting in Hinwil. Participants of the Eurovent Product Group ‘Air Handling Units’ (PG-AHU) re-elected Martin Lenz, Head of International Business Development / Head of Research and Pre-Development at TROX GmbH (Germany) as the group’s Chairperson during the group’s recent meeting in Hinwil. Lenz and Bijmans to Chair Eurovent PG-AHU Martin Lenz will continue to be supported by Andy Bijmans, Manager R&D at Systemair (Netherlands) who was also re-elected as Vice-Chairperson of the group. Martin and Andy were both initially elected to Chair the group in 2017, due to their broad experience and knowledge in the air handling sector and look forward to continuing the task for the next two years. In today's world, air handling units are an important part of ensuring the quality of life in buildings" Martin Lenz, Chairperson of PG-AHU, indicated: “In today's world, air handling units are an important part of ensuring the quality of life in buildings. At the same time, climate change requires highly efficient and sustainable HVAC systems and components.” He adds, “For PG-AHU, this means a clear focus on technological progress in terms of quality for a long lifetime, energy efficiency and material efficiency. I am convinced that with the strong participation of AHU manufacturers in the PG-AHU, we will successfully overcome these challenging issues.” Eurovent Product Group ‘Air Handling Units’ The Eurovent Product Group ‘Air Handling Units’ covers air handling units for non-residential applications. It deals with air handling units and their components (e.g. air filters, energy recovery components, fans), often in cooperation with the specialist Eurovent Product Groups that cover specific components. The group’s key tasks involve advocating European and national legislative initiatives on this subject, accompanying EN, and ISO and standards, developing industry codes of good practice, and general promotion of the industry.

TROX, a globally renowned manufacturer of high-quality ventilation equipment, has re-joined the association, Eurovent Middle East, after a year of absence, renewing its commitment to joint industry initiatives, in the fields of standardization, education and raising awareness. TROX has been active in the Middle East for over 50 years, providing ventilation equipment to a wide range of prestigious projects. efficient ventilation solutions In light of the increasing importance of adequate and efficient ventilation solutions, and the role of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) for general health and safety, the industry needs to reinforce its focus on technical regulations, standards and recommendations, in the fields of ventilation and air filtration. Being part of an industry association allows for pooling of resources and a coordinated approach to the transformation of markets, towards higher standards. TROX, an advocate of high standards in airside products We currently see how dependent we all are on the supply of safe and clean indoor air" Saad Ali, Managing Director of TROX Middle East and Africa, underlines the importance of representing the HVAC voice in the region. He said, “TROX has always advocated for the highest standards in airside products. We currently see how dependent we all are on the supply of safe and clean indoor air.” Saad adds, “While the technical solutions and equipment are available, we need to bring about change in the awareness and knowledge of people, that the technology is also made use of and implemented with certification. This can only work, if the industry stands together and jointly works towards higher standards and requirements.” Air Handling Units (AHUs) education program Nerissa Deoraj, Executive Director of Eurovent Middle East, said “We are happy to welcome TROX back, after a year of absence. We are currently developing an educational program for Air Handling Units (AHUs), among other relevant technologies and appreciate the expertise, and training capacity that TROX will add to this initiative.” Nerissa adds, “Educating stakeholders is the common responsibility of the industry and can only be achieved by working together.”

The requirement to save energy often leads to the installation of larger air handling units, which in turn results in lower airflow velocities. It is, therefore, necessary to change the measurement principle in order to measure even very small volume flows. Another issue often encountered at the installation site is space or the lack of it. This is why development efforts have to aim at products that are fairly easy and safe to install and provide good measurement results. With these goals in mind, TROX has developed a new measurement method and a new type of damper blade, for which a patent application has already been filed. The new damper blade is part of the new VAV terminal units, Type TVE. Design Type TVE VAV terminal units apply a new measurement principle as the volume flow rate is measured not with a probe or sensor, but by means of the damper blade itself. This innovative design allows for a reduction in length and helps to ensure precise measurement results even in the case of unfavorable upstream conditions; with dynamic measurement, this is even independent of the airflow direction. Advantages Works perfectly even with unfavorable upstream conditions The relation between damper blade position and differential pressure is stored as a characteristic relationship in the controller Higher measurement accuracy even with low airflow velocities from 0.5 m/s Nominal sizes of 100, 125, 160, 200, 250 mm Volume flow rates of 14 m³/h – 2300 m³/h (4 l/s – 640 l/s) Volume flow rate range of 1:25 Choice of the static or dynamic transducer Available with Easy controller, Compact controller, or Modbus RTU variant for connection to the central BMS Airflow direction is not critical if dynamic measurement is used Release button on control component allows for easy replacement of the component