GEA Refrigeration Technologies

GEA Refrigeration Technologies has announced that the new GEA Bock HG34 CO2 T Compressors have recently gone into series production and are now available on the market. Currently, the programme of transcritical CO2 compressors includes the models RKX26, HG2 CO2 T and HG34 CO2 T, the company revealed.

The manufacturer lists the following product features and advantages:

• High-strength spheroidal cast iron housing for high operating pressures of up to 150 bar on the high pressure side and 100 bar on the low pressure side
• Wear-resistant, long-life mechanism
• Reliable and safe oil supply through pump lubrication
• Good operational characteristics through balanced total construction
• Efficient drive motors in suction gas-cooled version; replaceable
• Two selectable drive motors per compressor stage for different application conditions
• Frequency controlled motors with wide frequency band from 25-70 Hz
• Economic total efficiency for highest possible system COP
• Suction and discharge connections with shut-off valves (compression joints for steel pipes and brazing connections for copper tubes possible)
• Decompression valves for the suction and discharge area
• Electrical connection box IP54 with Bock MP10 motor protection
• Oil sump heater and thermal protection thermostat installed ex works as standard
• Low oil throw
• Equipped with synthetic oil for CO2 with high thermal load resistance