{"id":21819,"date":"2025-09-02T10:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/?p=21819"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:35:42","slug":"retrofit-in-air-technology-increasing-efficiency-through-intelligent-retrofitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/industries\/refrigeration-ventilation\/retrofit-in-air-technology-increasing-efficiency-through-intelligent-retrofitting_21819\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrofit in Air Tech\u00adnology: Increasing effi\u00adciency through intel\u00adli\u00adgent retro\u00adfitting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What does retrofit in Air Tech\u00adnology mean<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Retrofit refers to the retro\u00adfitting or modern\u00adiza\u00adtion of existing tech\u00adnical systems with the aim of improving their perfor\u00admance, effi\u00adciency or func\u00adtion\u00adality. In Air Tech\u00adnology, this typi\u00adcally means replacing old, some\u00adtimes belt-driven and there\u00adfore main\u00adte\u00adnance-inten\u00adsive AC fans with highly effi\u00adcient, main\u00adte\u00adnance-free EC fans with inte\u00adgrated control elec\u00adtronics, opti\u00admized air flow control and reduced noise levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typical retrofit appli\u00adca\u00adtions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Venti\u00adlation systems in office build\u00adings, schools and hospi\u00adtals<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Air condi\u00adtioners in trade and industry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Refrig\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion appli\u00adances in the food industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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    The new fans are supplied as a plug-and-play unit and combine higher air perfor\u00admance with low noise emis\u00adsion. (Image | ebm-papst)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    Advan\u00adtages of a retrofit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Higher energy effi\u00adciency: <\/strong>EC fans achieve signif\u00adi\u00adcantly higher effi\u00adcien\u00adcies than tradi\u00adtional AC models. The inte\u00adgrated Speed control enables demand-driven oper\u00ada\u00adtion and reduces energy losses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Noise reduc\u00adtion<\/strong><\/strong>: Aero\u00addy\u00adnam\u00adi\u00adcally opti\u00admized fans such as the RadiPac C or compo\u00adnents such as AxiTop or Flow\u00adGrid can signif\u00adi\u00adcantly reduce noise emis\u00adsions \u2013 while at the same time increasing air perfor\u00admance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Simple inte\u00adgra\u00adtion<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: Aero\u00addy\u00adnam\u00adi\u00adcally opti\u00admized fans such as the RadiPac C or compo\u00adnents such as AxiTop or Flow\u00adGrid can signif\u00adi\u00adcantly reduce noise emis\u00adsions \u2013 while at the same time increasing air perfor\u00admance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Long service life and low main\u00adte\u00adnance<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: EC motors are char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by high reli\u00ada\u00adbility and low main\u00adte\u00adnance require\u00adments. The inte\u00adgrated elec\u00adtronics protect against over\u00adload and voltage fluc\u00adtu\u00ada\u00adtions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      The process of a typical retrofit:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n