For various applications, such as the field of supermarket refrigeration, hydrocarbons have established themselves as another natural alternative besides CO2. Due to the flammability of hydrocarbons the compressor has some safety related modifications.
Special features
Based on our current semi-hermetic product range GEA offers a low-cost compressor variant especially for the use with hydrocarbons. Compressors in HC-design have the following features:
- Special oil charge
- Motor protetcion supplied separately for an external installation
Displacement at 50 Hz (1450 rpm) m³/h for the current type of compressors:
| HG12P | 5.4 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 9.4 |
| HG22P | 11.1 | 13.7 | 16.5 | |
| HG34P | 18.8 | 22.1 | 27.3 | 33.1 |
| HG4 | 40.5 | 48.2 | 56.6 | |
| HG5 | 62.9 | 72.2 | 82.2 | |
| HG6 | 93.7 | 107.6 | 122.4 | |
| HG7 | 140.6 | 161.4 | 183.6 | |
| HG8 | 214.3 | 245.9 | 279.8 |
