The new E3V-C valve from Carel completes the company’s broad range of offerings for transcritical carbon-dioxide applications, introducing a whole new concept in refrigerant flow design. The E3V-C is made from a complete stainless steel construction, and a very unique demountable architecture for the transcritical CO2 valve market.
It includes such features as an equal-percentage flow control characteristic, assuring the highest possible precision at any specific flow level, tight closing capability, providing a constant and firm closure when it is needed and a cleanable, mechanical stainless-steel strainer that allows for extra protection from circuit debris.
The new product has compact dimensions (up to 30 percent less encumbrance compared with market-available alternatives) and thanks to a patent-pending design E3V-C has a lower weight, easing the installation process.
Also, without power supply the valve can be manually positioned using the Carel magnet tool, which is a useful feature for fault finding and commissioning. The E3V-C is ready to be installed in any CO2 circuit, whether it is a new plant or an existing one, raising an old-circuits performance to the Carel ExV Sistema level.