{"id":16342,"date":"2022-09-30T09:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T07:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/?p=16342"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:20:55","slug":"retrofit-for-more-efficiency-and-better-air-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/industries\/refrigeration-ventilation\/retrofit-for-more-efficiency-and-better-air-distribution_16342\/","title":{"rendered":"Cele\u00adbrating better \u2013 thanks to good air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The monastery cellar is located in the middle of the old city center in Beutels\u00adbach, Germany. It includes a gym with showers and changing rooms, which are used by the nearby school, a small cinema, and a large vaulted cellar where events take place. These four rooms were supplied with fresh air by a venti\u00adlation system located in a narrow cellar room, using belt-driven fans. They could be controlled in just two stages. However, as the rooms were often used to varying extents, for example the cinema room often went from empty to full of people, this is a key area where more effi\u00adciency can be gained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull mgznkr-cta-whitepaper-digital-services\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<style>\n.mgznkr-cta-whitepaper-digital-services .alignwide.banner-width {\n  max-width: 100%;\n  width: 1240px;\n  margin: 0 auto;\n--mark-bgcolor: #00a633;\n--mark-color: white;\n}\n@media (max-width: 781px) {\n.mgznkr-cta-whitepaper-digital-services .wp-block-cover .wp-block-cover__image-background {\nobject-position: 17% 50%!important;\n}\n.mgznkr-column-spacer p {display: none; }\n}\n@media (min-width: 782px) {\n.mgznkr-column-spacer p a {\n  min-height: 290px;\n  min-width: 100%;\n  display: block;\n  border-radius: 50px;\nfont-size: 0;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:350px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-36224\" alt src=\"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/de\/files\/2024\/11\/Banner-Digital-Services.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#e0e6e6\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide banner-width is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:560px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mgznkr-click has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2186fc9a9df73db88e84ea7c02be7ab5\" id=\"whitepaper-digital-services-head\" style=\"font-size:1.6em;text-transform:uppercase\"><mark><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebmpapst.com\/de\/en\/campaigns\/industry-campaigns\/digital-services.html#download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free INFO PACKAGE<\/a><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading no-margin-top\" style=\"font-size:1em\">The new age of air tech\u00adnology is here!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet the chal\u00adlenges of your industry with Digital Services. Find out more in our info package about how you can take your venti\u00adlation, air handling and refrig\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion systems to a new level \u2013 thanks to <span class=\"noTypo\">digitalization<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill mgznkr-click\" id=\"whitepaper-digital-services\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebmpapst.com\/de\/en\/campaigns\/industry-campaigns\/digital-services.html#download\" style=\"background-color:#0072bb;font-size:18px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benefit from digital solu\u00adtions now <i class=\"mgznkr-icon fa fa-chevron-right fas\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mgznkr-column-spacer is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"mgznkr-click\" id=\"whitepaper-digital-services-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebmpapst.com\/de\/en\/campaigns\/industry-campaigns\/digital-services.html#download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Whitepaper about Digital Services by ebm-papst<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u00adfore, the city of Wein\u00adstadt commis\u00adsioned an engi\u00adneering firm and Pf\u00e4nder GmbH to find an energy-saving and econom\u00adical solu\u00adtion (Fig. 1). The city\u2019s wish was initially only to modernize the control system. \u201cThat wouldn\u2019t have been a problem either \u2013 the system\u2019s control cabinet was in very good condi\u00adtion. However, the energy-saving poten\u00adtial would have been limited due to the old belt-driven fans,\u201d says Lukas Pf\u00e4nder, Managing Director of Pf\u00e4nder GmbH. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/de\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_KI_Special_Lukas-Pfaender_Ralf-Braun_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-960x540.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-28805\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 1: Lukas Pf\u00e4nder, Managing Director Pf\u00e4nder GmbH and Ralf Braun, Sales Director Germany, inspect the venti\u00adlation system in Beutels\u00adbach monastery cellar. (Photo | Lukas Zwies\u00adsele)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As Lukas Pf\u00e4nder had already imple\u00admented several successful retrofit projects in coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion with the ebm-papst Breuell &amp; Hilgen\u00adfeldt service center, he also suggested a retrofit for the monastery cellar. The lack of space meant that a plug-and-play solu\u00adtion was the only way to modernize the venti\u00adlation system\u2019s intake and exhaust air econom\u00adi\u00adcally and to reduce the power consump\u00adtion of the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"mgznkr-img-slider slides has-nested-images columns-default mgznkr-img-slider slider-cropped\" id=\"mgznkr-img-slider-_17755_17756\">\n<div class=\"slide-1\"><div class=\" slide-img-crop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-3-960x609.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large  slide-img-crop\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-3-960x609.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-3-660x419.jpg 660w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-3-260x165.jpg 260w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-3-450x286.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-3-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/div><p>Fig. 2: The system\u2019s control cabinet was still well main\u00adtained and could there\u00adfore be supple\u00admented with sensors and ebm-papst neo gateway without great effort (Photo | Lukas Zwies\u00adsele)<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide-2\"><div class=\" slide-img-crop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_KI-Special_Riemengetriebener_Ventilator_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-1-960x540.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large  slide-img-crop\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_KI-Special_Riemengetriebener_Ventilator_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-1-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_KI-Special_Riemengetriebener_Ventilator_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-1-660x371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_KI-Special_Riemengetriebener_Ventilator_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-1-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_KI-Special_Riemengetriebener_Ventilator_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_KI-Special_Riemengetriebener_Ventilator_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-1-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_KI-Special_Riemengetriebener_Ventilator_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/en\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_KI-Special_Riemengetriebener_Ventilator_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/div><p>Fig. 3: The old, belt-driven fans used too much elec\u00adtricity and could only be controlled in two stages. (Photo | Lukas Zwies\u00adsele)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retrofit with a focus on air quality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dieter Hilde\u00adbrandt, Sales Manager at Breuell &amp; Hilgen\u00adfeldt, calcu\u00adlated the required perfor\u00admance and suggested eight RadiFit EC centrifugal fans as a replace\u00adment. However, the monastery cellar\u2019s special require\u00adments \u2013 the fast change in the level of utiliza\u00adtion of the space and the resulting changing demand for fresh air \u2013 gave Hilde\u00adbrandt and Pf\u00e4nder the idea of equip\u00adping the venti\u00adlation system with sensors and gate\u00adways in order to constantly monitor the require\u00adments and regu\u00adlate the system to them accord\u00adingly (Fig. 2, Fig. 3 in gallery). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><span class=\"with-quotes\">Our goal was to reduce the power consump\u00adtion of the venti\u00adlation system by at least 60 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<cite>Lukas Pf\u00e4nder, Managing Director Pf\u00e4nder GmbH<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>They approached Ralf Braun, Sales Director Germany and contact person for ebm-papst neo, with this sugges\u00adtion. The start-up of the fan specialist ebm-papst offers intel\u00adli\u00adgent solu\u00adtions for data-based build\u00adings. Braun was imme\u00addi\u00adately convinced by the idea, as demand-based, sensor-based closed-loop control would open up more energy-saving poten\u00adtial, along\u00adside the effi\u00adcient fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The RadiFit \u2013 the compact solu\u00adtion for venti\u00adlation tech\u00adnology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The main aim of the retrofit was to save energy, which is why the RadiFit EC centrifugal fan was chosen, the new system solu\u00adtion for venti\u00adlation tech\u00adnology from ebm-papst. Due to its compact dimen\u00adsions, it was suit\u00adable for the instal\u00adla\u00adtion dimen\u00adsions of the old fans, enabling space to be saved and the instal\u00adla\u00adtion to be quick and easy. As it was supplied as a plug-and-play design, it was also easy to connect the elec\u00adtronics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/de\/files\/2023\/07\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-6-1-960x540.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-28795\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 4: Thanks to EC motors, the new RadiFit is much more econom\u00adical and could be replaced quickly and easily. (Photo | Lukas Zwies\u00adsele)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The RadiFit features a scroll housing and back\u00adward-curved blades, which enables a high pres\u00adsure increase and ensures a high level of effi\u00adciency. The RadiFit is also main\u00adte\u00adnance-free and durable, which further reduces the oper\u00ada\u00adtional and life cycle costs. The main\u00adte\u00adnance super\u00advisor and the city benefit from this equally. Thanks to their high effi\u00adciency, the retrofit also pays for itself very quickly. Dieter Hilde\u00adbrandt and Lukas Pf\u00e4nder esti\u00admated energy savings of 60 percent with the eight new RadiFit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading no-clear\">Energy saving thanks to EC motor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This value comes primarily from the RadiFit\u2019s Green\u00adTech EC motor. Such high savings are possible thanks to the effi\u00adciency level of over 90 percent alone. Because the old belt-driven AC fans could only be switched on or off, regard\u00adless of the actual capacity utiliza\u00adtion of the different rooms, the system always ran at too high a power, even if a lower air flow would have been suffi\u00adcient for the actual fresh air require\u00adment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We have tailored the control system perfectly to the require\u00adments of the monastery cellar to save even more energy<span class=\"with-quotes\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<cite>Lukas Pf\u00e4nder, Managing Director Pf\u00e4nder GmbH<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The new, commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion-capable EC fan, on the other hand, is infi\u00adnitely vari\u00adable between 0 and 100 percent. This means that the new RadiFit can accept any speed as required and operate with the lowest possible power consump\u00adtion at any oper\u00adating point. The savings target of 60 percent was already achieved by replacing the fans \u2013 but there was still room for improve\u00adment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-26074 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/de\/files\/2022\/09\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-1-960x609.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-26074\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 5: Thanks to ebm-papst neo gateway, the venti\u00adlation system data can be displayed in real time and adjusted manu\u00adally if required. (Photo | Lukas Zwies\u00adsele)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Demand-based control with sensors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The second part of the retrofit involved reworking the control system. After all, it becomes even more effi\u00adcient if the demand for fresh air is precisely deter\u00admined and controlled auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcally accord\u00adingly. The changing condi\u00adtions of the monastery cellar provided the perfect case for this. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-article-450\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/de\/files\/2023\/07\/ebm-papst_techmag_Special_KI_Anlage_Lueftung_Stiftskeller_Beutelsbach-1-450x375.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-28808\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 6: The main\u00adte\u00adnance super\u00advisor can use an oper\u00adating panel to read out the data from the venti\u00adlation system at any time and adjust it manu\u00adally if neces\u00adsary. (Photo | Lukas Zwies\u00adsele)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe gym is not used for half of the day. However, if a school class has a sports class, the CO2 content rises and the venti\u00adlation system has to supply more fresh air. After the lesson, the showers and changing rooms are used, which suddenly increases the temper\u00ada\u00adture and humidity there,\u201d explains Pf\u00e4nder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, sensors for CO2 content, humidity, temper\u00ada\u00adture and fine dust concen\u00adtra\u00adtion have been installed in the monastery cellar. The measured values are sent to the Intel\u00adli\u00adGate Air Gate\u00adways from ebm-papst neo, which forward them to the venti\u00adlation system\u2019s control system. The closed-loop control has been indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adally adapted and programmed for the monastery cellar. Specially defined limit values now specify when the system increases its power by how much and when it reduces the power once again, with infi\u00adnite vari\u00ada\u00adtions and effi\u00adciently. Indi\u00advidual func\u00adtions such as a warning e-mail to the care\u00adtaker, have also been set up if a certain value is exceeded (Fig. 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inter\u00adac\u00adtion between sensors and systems is reli\u00adable and econom\u00adical. This will enable more than the planned and achieved energy savings of 60 percent. The city not only saves on costs but can also guar\u00adantee high air quality for all visi\u00adtors at large events, festi\u00advals or concerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mgznkr-elements mgznkr-box\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ensuring air quality with the multi-IAQ sensor<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-article-300\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ebmpapst-7237.kxcdn.com\/de\/files\/2022\/09\/Lueftung-Stiftskeller-Beutelsbach-4-300x190.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-26077\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With the Multi-IAQ sensor from ebm-papst neo, there is a simple and effi\u00adcient way of ensuring consis\u00adtently high air quality in event rooms. The sensor measures a total of five values, namely temper\u00ada\u00adture, humidity, VOC (volatile, organic compounds that are harmful to health), CO2 and fine dust in the air. The viral index is calcu\u00adlated using the five measured values and a complex math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adical equa\u00adtion. This indi\u00adcates the quality of the air and the risk of virus trans\u00admis\u00adsion and can be read off from the freely acces\u00adsible IAQ Connect app. The multi-IAQ sensor can be installed in flush-mounted sockets similar to a light switch.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the video here:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"374\" data-youtube=\"7DirHXslTek&amp;t\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7DirHXslTek&amp;t?rel=0&amp;theme=dark&amp;autohide=1&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The monastery cellar is located in the middle of the old city center in Beutels\u00adbach, Germany. 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