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All-in-One:

Packaged
Air Handling Units

Packaged Air Handling Units


Refrigeration

Production of Heat

Heat Recovery

Humidification

Controls

Dehumidification

Filtration

Conveyance

Sound Reduction

Integrated solutions | 1

All-in-One:
Individually
Designed and
Factory Tested.
Factory integrated systems provide
substantial cost and time advantages.
This considerably reduces the cost for design
and adaption of the single elements as well as

All from a
single source.

installation time and -cost on site. Scope of


supply and warranty limits is clearly defined.
Services such as commissioning are available
from one source.
Substantial savings can be achieved on investment cost as well as operating and maintenance cost by choosing robatherm packaged
air handling units.

Integration of all individual systems (see


left) at the factory as opposed to AHUs which

The units are available in weather proof, indoor

are completed on site. This means robatherm

and hygienic version and are ideal wherever air

packaged air handling units offer more than

conditioning is required and heat or cold has

space saving advantages new perspectives

to be generated at the same time. Examples

open up.

are office buildings and sales or administration


locations as well as production facilities and

The units are individually designed according


to customers requirements and delivered to its
final destination. Connect the unit to the duct
system, to water and electrical supply thats
all to do.

hospitals.

Low investment,
operation and maintenance costs (LCC).
High energy
efficiency.
Enhanced hygiene
standard.
Ready to plug in,
easy assembly.
Network compatible
to all bus systems.
Compact design.

2 | DX-technology

DX-Technology
Efficient and
Economical.

robatherm integrates the entire cooling


technology inside the AHU, exactly adapted
to the individual needs. Compressors, heat
exchangers and all other components complete
with the design of its interaction are carefully
planned and assembled in accordance with the
state of the art.
robatherm considers maintenance and service
areas for all components inside the unit as well
as the wiring- and tubing layout at the design

Minimization of design and installation costs

stage.

maximization of efficiency.

Intelligent control strategies for fans, compressors, valve systems etc. as well as the tailored
use of available power sources (such as heat

Cooling and dehumidification

recovery, free cooling, condensing heat) ensure

in room air conditioning are gaining more and

high plant efficiency.

more importance as a result of growing human


and industrial climate demands. Environmental

This means, robatherm packaged air handling

conditions and modern architecture support

units lead to lowest design, investment, instal-

this trend.

lation and operation cost.

DX-technology | 3

Two different cooling principles are

Optimized system.

available: direct evaporation and chilled water


technology.

High coefficient of
performance (COP)
and efficiency.

Direct evaporation
The heat exchanger in which the refrigerant
evaporates (DX-coil) is in direct contact with

No distribution or
shutdown losses.

the air to be cooled.


U
 tilization of exhaust thermal energy during
wintertime (heat pump function).

No additional installation (e.g. evaporators


or heat exchangers).

R
 e-heat of the supply air by utilization of
the condensation energy (re-heating coil).
Exhaust or outside air condenser.
Chilled water

Free cooling.

The chillers evaporator cools process water or


sole (primary circuit). This water is fed into the

Reversible heat
pump.

cooling coil in order to cool the supply air and,


if necessary, to other devices of the plant as
well.

No or only minor
back up heat for the
air conditioning

H
 ydraulic coupling and decoupling of heat
and cooling energy consumers.
U
 tilization of the condenser heat to dry
outside filters or re-heat of the supply air
during summer time.

Integrated direct cooling technology


Direct evaporation
Exhaust air condenser

Chilled water production


Outside air condenser

Exhaust air chiller

ODA
Condenser Compressor

EHA

ODA

III

III

Condenser

ETA

EHA

SUP

ODA

III

Compressor
Plate-HRSPlate-HRSChiller Condenser
Evaporator

Compressor

ETA

EHA

SUP

ODA

III

III

ETA

SUP

III

DX-coil

DX-coil

Packaged Air Handling Unit

Packaged Air Handling Unit

Cooling Coil

Packaged Air Handling Unit

Description of air types (per DIN EN 13779): ODA = outside air, SUP = supply air, ETA = extract air, EHA = exhaust air, RCA = circulating air

Air Handling
from a Single

Integrated controls tailored, powerf

building management systems by var

Smart Control
Optimum tailoring
to AHUs.

Smart Control

The clear text display terminal gives confidence

robatherm developed the Smart Control DDC

by its simple and convenient operation through

software as the optimum way of achieving com-

dialogue driven, dynamic menus and display

plex thermodynamic objectives of packaged air

controls.

handling units in terms of reliability, efficiency


and performance.

User friendly
operation.

Maintenance management
Smart Control provides an integrated mainte-

Smart Control contains all function modules

nance management tool. This not only inclu-

as standard, which produces the appropriate

des logging of operating time and shutdown

Maintenance
management

regulating strategy and duty by activating the

periods, but as well a service indication for all

appropriate parameters. This individual parame-

components. This supports general plant safety

terization completely eliminates all cost intensi-

and low maintenance cost.

Automatic inspection
message.

ve at site programming during commissioning.

Enhanced reliability.
Low service
requirement.

Multiple communication possibilities


The DDC hardware is available in various sizes.

robatherm Smart Control offers multiple

robatherm selects the optimum type on each

communication possibilities: from cost effec-

application.

tive remote terminal to open communication.


This enables the individual robatherm units to
communicate among one another and to higher
levels of control.

Integrated Controls | 5

g Unit and Control System


e Source.

ful and qualified to be incorporated into

rious protocols

Open communication systems with Modbus,

Communication

OPC, BACnet and LON are available for cost


effective coupling to higher level building

Remote Terminal for


remote operation.

automation systems.

Plant visualization.

Firewall

LAN

Internet

Router

Integration in Building
Management Systems

Open communication
via Modbus, OPC,
BACnet and LON.

Building
Management
System

Modbus RTU (RS485)


OPC (RS485)
Modbus TCP (Ethernet)
BACnet IP/Ethernet
LON (FTT-10A)

Alarm management.

AHU
further AHU

6 | Solutions

A Suitable
Solution for
Every Use.
Individually designed completed in the factory.
The following examples are supposed to deliver helpful suggestions in
using the opportunities of robatherm packaged air handling units. We are ready
to develop the best solution for each of your demands.

Packaged Air Handling Unit


with direct evaporation and exhaust air condenser
Fan

Filter

ETA

Condenser

III

Condensing pressure

SUP
RCA
ODA

control with additional

Heat recovery

outside air
Circulating air operation

Fan

Heater
ODA

Exhaust air condenser

ODA

EHA

Compressor
Filter
HRS

III

Static
heating

III

Evaporator

Re-heat condenser coil


Bypass on heat recovery
and condenser

Control technology

Room
External heat generation

Heating boiler

Hot water distribution

Belongs to packaged air handling unit

Description of air types (per DIN EN 13779): ODA = outside air, SUP = supply air, ETA = extract air, EHA = exhaust air, RCA = circulating air

Packaged Air Handling Unit


with reversible heat pump
S
 witchable direct
evaporation
Heat recovery from
exhaust air

Fan

ODA
ETA

III

SUP

Condenser/
Direct evaporator

N
 o or only minor back up
heat for the air conditioning

Filter

EHA

RCA
ODA
Direct evaporator/
Condenser

Filter

Fan

ODA

D
 efrosting function of

HRS

Static
heating

III

the exhaust air direct


evaporator

Chilling

Heating

4 valve system

Control technology

Refrigerator/
heat pump

Room

External heat generation

Heating boiler

Hot water distribution

Belongs to packaged air handling unit

Description of air types (per DIN EN 13779): ODA = outside air, SUP = supply air, ETA = extract air, EHA = exhaust air, RCA = circulating air

8 | References

Best Choice.
Best References.
Trust and confidence emerge from quality.
That is why many well-known companies favor robatherms solutions.

Automobile
Industry
Chemical and
Pharmaceutical
Industry
Commercial
Building
Electronic Industry
Hospital
Production

Automobile Industry Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW,

Electronic Industry Acer, Alcatel, Altis, AMP,

Bugatti, Citroen, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General

Bosch, BSH, Corning, Epcos, Hewlett Packard,

Motors, Honda, Iveco, John Deere, KIA, Michelin,

Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Max-Planck-Institut,

Opel, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, Rover, Scania,

Microchip, Motorola, NS Electronics, Osram,

SEAT, Skoda, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo

Philips, Q-Sells, Radiall, Siemens, SIGMA, Soitec,

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry 3M

Sony, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments,

sant, BASF, Bayer, Beiersdorf, Boehringer, BP,

THAI CRT, Thales, Toshiba, Tower, TSMC

Degussa, Du Pont, Fraunhofer Institut, Fresenius,

Hospital Beijing Hospital, Guangxi Hospital,

Glaxo Smithkline, Hchst, Institut Pasteur,

Hpital Saint Joseph Paris, Isarklinik Mnchen,

Krupp, Linde, LOral, Labo Piette, Merckle,

Jilin Hospital, Klinika Moskau, Shanghai

Mrial, Osram, Pfizer, Procter + Gamble, Roche,

Hospital, St. Louis Hospital, Universittsklinik

Sanofi, Schering, Solvay, Thomae, Urenco

Essen, XinHua Hospital Shanghai, Zhengzhou

Commercial Building Allianz, Commerzbank,

Hospital Production Airbus, Arcelor, Carl Zeiss,

Crdit Agricole, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche

Coca Cola, Conergy, Continental, EADS, EON,

Bank, Disneyland, Dresdner Bank, ECE, H&M,

Eurocopter, Ferrero, Hartmann, Hilti, Liebherr,

IKEA, Interspar, Mediamarkt, NATO, RWE, SAP,

Mc Donalds, MAN, Nestl, Philip Morris,

Semperoper Dresden, Flughafen Tel-Aviv,

Thyssen Krupp, Trumpf, Vaillant, Viessmann,

TU Dresden

Voith, Wanzl.

robatherm accepts no responsibility or liability for the correctness or completeness of the contents of this document. Figures and descriptions to some degree
contain elements that exceeded those in the standard product. Subject to technical modification and amendment. Edition 07/2011. Copyright by robatherm.

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