Air Conditioning Without Global Warming
Hot Water Without Burning Fossil Fuels
The Global Problem
Green House gas emissions and burning of fossil fuels cause global warming, damaging the environment at an unprecedented rate and scale.
Legacy Air Conditioning (AC) refrigerants are Green House Gases that have Global Warming Potential (GWP) that are 1,000s times more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide (CO2).
Refrigerant leakage alone accounts for 10% of total global greenhouse gas emissions.
AC will account for 40% of global carbon budget by 2050 (US-EPA).
Governments are mandating the elimination of high GWP refrigerants through international treaties and national legislation.
Burning fossil fuels to heat water is inefficient and contributes directly to Global Warming and atmospheric CO2
Burning Natural Gas for hot water is a national security vulnerability in many countries
Industry Challenge
The good news. Next generation Hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) synthetic refrigerants such as Solstice® ze (R-1234ze) are available with ZERO GWP.
The bad news. Legacy AC compressors and systems do not perform well utilizing the new ZERO GWP refrigerants.
Next generation Commercial AC systems will require new compressor and system technologies for economic operation with ZERO GWP refrigerants.
New AC compressors must operate with lower density refrigerants, increased volumetric flow rates and lower pressure ratios all while having increased efficiency and low cost.
Hot Water Heat Pump systems require ZERO GWP refrigerants along with very high compression ratios and volumetric flow to operate economically’
TORAD’s Spool Compressor:
Achieves high displacement and groundbreaking efficiency with next generation refrigerants such as Solstice® ze.
Achieves low manufacturing cost through patented compact design and simple planer geometry.
Facilitates advanced AC chiller designs unavailable with legacy compressors.
Facilitates Decarbonized Hot Water Heat Pump designs unachievable with legacy compressors or direct fired boilers.
Watch our video on how our Spool Compressor works.
TORAD’s Spool Compressor for both Commercial Air Conditioning and Decarbonized Hot Water is highly efficient with a low manufacturing cost.
Our Goal:
Enable the rapid, economic adoption of zero global warming air conditioning and decarbonized hot water delivery across a broad range of applications.
TORAD is a privately held Climate Tech company with R&D Center in Atlanta Georgia.
