Product Benefits

Theoretically, only refrigerant passes from the compressor to the condenser and evaporator / cooler (heat exchangers). Practically however, a small but significant amount of refrigerant oil is entrained with the refrigerant. This oil insulates the inner surfaces of the heat exchanger thereby impeding heat transfer and causing the equipment to operate at less than optimum efficiency.

The Frigaid molecule migrates with refrigerant oil throughout the system. It has a polar compound which gives it a stronger affinity for metal than refrigerant oil. It is this property that enables it to displace the insulating build-up of refrigerant oil. It is this property that enables it to displace the insulating build-up of refrigerant oil and bond directly to the nearest metal surface. Furthermore, the Frigaid molecule does not allow the refrigerant oil build up to reform. Consequently, heat transfer is no longer impeded as the displaced refrigerant oil  must return to it’s reservoir.

The accelerated heat transfer process will manifest itself differently in centrifugal chillers than in direct exchange reciprocating systems. In a chiller, less refrigerant can now be circulated through the system to achieve equivalent cooling capacity, thereby decreasing the kilowatt consumption. However, in a reciprocating system more refrigerant
can be released to the evaporator without flooding occurring, thereby increasing the cooling capacity per kilowatt consumed. In both systems the net result is less power consumed per ton of refrigeration produced.

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