Our patented PermaFrost NMR® products are installed in thousands of locations worldwide. Our track record of innovation and success help our customers lead the world in sustainability. Powertron Global’s products are scientifically proven, have long term customer-history and are verified by third parties. Our PermaFrost NMR® product line is the worlds leading energy conservation measure (ECM).
Investa Group / Australia
The installation of PermaFrost NMR® was on a water-cooled Sanyo CK800HW compressor. Johnson Controls, one of the top four control companies in the world, oversaw this installation. The cooling capacity increased by 14.4% along with an increase in COP of 16.8%. This installation was of many
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Glanbia-Rosderra Plant-Irish Meats
A 10 HP Prestcold Condensing Unit with dual discharge evaporators that services a food prep room was installed with PermaFrost NMR Mineral blend. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 8%. This coupled with the noted improvement of 10% in COP, will allow the unit to reach set temperatu
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St John Properties / Maryland
The average run-time reduction for this pilot is 25.5%, which is a direct energy savings at the unit while doing the same amount of work maintaining the indoor temperature settings.
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Hilton Waldorf Astoria / NYC
The Waldorf Astoria in New York installed a 1 and 2 ton refrigeration units; one for a freezer, the other for a cooler. Over the period the compressors averaged 8.68 % in daily energy savings, and a 16% reduction in run-time.
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Irish Tax & Customs Revenue 1
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Mitsubishi Mr Slim - 6 HP split air conditioning unit. This unit is used to cool a data storage room. In the case of the Revenue Commissioner’s office the unit’s cooling capacity increased by approximately 8%.
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Baskin-Robbins / Louisiana
This installation was completed on two store locations. The average savings for both locations was 9.3%. All DX units ranged from 2 to 5 tons.
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Galipo Food Company / South Australia
PermaFrost NMR® was installed on a refrigeration system for a cool room at Galipo Foods which located in Adelaide, South Australia. The unit was a Bitzer reciprocating air-cooled condensing unit; model 4FC-52Y running on R-404A refrigerant. An improvement in cooling capacity of 12% and an i
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Seattle Mariners, Safeco Field / WA
The installation of Permafrost NMR® was on a Trane 32-ton DX system and uses R-22 refrigerant. Data verification was derived by Metasys (Johnson Controls Building Management System). In addition to these improved efficiencies, the percentage improvement of thermal exchange (BTU) was 29%.
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Pizza Hut of MD, Inc.
Five pieces of equipment were installed which included a walk-in freezer, walk-in refrigerator, kitchen HVAC, reach-in refrigerator and dining room HVAC. A P.E. firm installed energy monitoring devices installed prior to the PermaFrost NMR installation to track efficiency improvements on all
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British Airports Authority / Glasgow, UK.
An independent analysis by Business Edge Ltd. was performed on a Carrier 30GF145A1927EE Water Chiller manufactured in 1990 for Glasgow Airport. The unit was equipped with R-22 refrigerant. The final results showed an average COP improvement of 9.52%.
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Irish Tax & Customs Revenue 2
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Mitsubishi Mr Slim - 6 HP split air conditioning unit. This unit is used to cool a data storage room. In the case of the Revenue Commissioner’s office the unit’s COP increased by 9.2%.
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EMIP Truck Study (US ARMY)
Powertron Global® installed PermaFrost NMR® into Carrier DX Transicold Supra 744 refrigerated transport unit for the demonstration of the PermaFrost NMR® product line’s ability to reduce HVAC system kilowatt consumption. PermaFrost NMR does this by allowing the refrigerated unit to prod
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NSF Laboratory / U.S.
NSF International certifies products and writing standards for food, water and consumer goods. In a lab, PermaFrost NMR® was evaluated on a Manitowac GR0150 ice machine. The ice cycle time on the ice machine decreased from 20 minutes to 13 minutes. A 25% reduction in ice production time was
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Mister Singh’s Restaurant / Ireland
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Daikin Air - Conditioning System (used for both heating & cooling). The system showed significant increases in compressor efficiency, COP and cooling capacity. In the case of this unit the COP increased by 14.4%.
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Bristol Myers-Squibb / Dublin
The test was administered by Dalkia (leading European provider for energy services) for Bristol-Myers Squibb, in Dublin, Ireland, on a 12 HP Refrigeration Unit used for Chemical Cold storage. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 14.3% and showed an improvement of 12.7% in COP.
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Retrospective Performance and Safety Analysis
This case study involves 3 residential DX units that are 17 years old. The three units are manufactured by Rheem and are rated for 12 RLA. These units were treated with PermaFrost NMR® in 2002. The amp draw readings for this report were taken in the fall of 2009 by a licensed HVAC service t
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USNS Benavidez / Corpus Christi, TX
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a in York Codepak Model YKM2M2G4-CBS centrifugal chiller on the USNS Benavidez. The unit is rated at 330-tons and is equipped with R-134 refrigerant. The improved efficiency at the unit was 9.4% with and additional 3.8% increase in capacity. These results ar
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Ducab / 80-Ton Chiller Unit / U.A.E.
PermaFrost NMR® Chiller mineral oil blend was installed on a 5 year SKM 80 Ton Process Chiller at the Ducab PVC Plant in Dubai. The installation of PermaFrost NMR® led to an overall increase of 19% in COP with a reduction of 25% in kW. The system showed significant increases in system ef
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Tafe SA / Laboratory / Australia
TafeSA (South Australia Gov't) installed PermaFrost NMR® in a 2 year old Fujitsu Heat Pump, Model AOT12LSAC High Wall Split System. This M&V was conducted in a lab under controlled conditions. The unit is an inverter type using R-410A. Post installation of Permafrost NMR® proved an imp
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Lifestyle Family Fitness 35 Locations
LifeStyle Family Fitness installed PermaFrost NMR in all of their Florida locations with a 15% savings in energy. This success led to other locations in the portfolio in North Carolina and Ohio being installed with PermaFrost NMR.
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Welcare Hospital / Dubai, U.A.E.
PermaFrost NMR® was installed on a 12 year old Rheem 4 ton split air-conditioning system. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 12% and energy consumption decreased by 4%. These two improvements led to an increase of 16% in COP and a reduction in maintenance costs due to the units redu
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SWAN Tafe / Australia
This implementation of PermaFrost NMR® was performed on a Trane CGAB080S reciprocating chiller equipped with R-22 refrigerant. Efficiencies carried out on this chiller indicated an improvement in the cooling capacity of 6.32% and an overall increase in COP of 12.57%.
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Gold Field’s House / Sydney, Australia
Gold Field’s House Multiplex Property Trust, a high-rise facility in Sydney, Australia, installed PermaFrost NMR® in a York Centrifugal Water Chiller YTDL - E2 - JCL. The COP increased by 25.58 %. The improvement in the heat transfer in both the evaporator and condenser resulted in an ef
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University of Sharjah 1 / U.A.E.
This case study shows the effects of PermaFrost NMR® on a 4 year old SKM 8 ton packaged air-conditioning system. The unit’s total cooling capacity increased by 6% and increase of 12% in COP.
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Hysan Properties / Hong Kong
Hysan Properties of Hong Kong installed PermaFrost NMR® in a Carrier Model 30HS100 Water Chiller (screw compressor). The cooling capacity improved by 17.8% and the COP increased by 24.2%.
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Tsingtao-Asahi Brewery / China
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in Chiller No. 4 at Tsingtao-Asahi Brewery Factory in Shenzhen, China. An improvement of 8.3% in COP and 8.5% in cooling capacity was achieved after the treatment of PermaFrost NMR®.
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AMP/Henderson Global Investors / Melbourne, Australia
PermaFrost NMR® Chiller blend was installed for AMP/Henderson Global Investors in Chiller #2, a York YT-D3-E3 centrifugal, at AMP Bourke Place in Melbourne, Australia. The COP increased by 16.3%.
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Central Alabama Community College / Alexander City, AL
Central Alabama Community College installed PermaFrost NMR® in a 25-ton DX, split system Carrier 383AK028-501 units, which use R-22 Refrigerant. Percentage improvement of Thermal Exchange (BTU) was 22.3 %.
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Southern Surgical Hospital / Slidell, LA
Southern Surgical Hospital installed PermaFrost NMR® chiller blend in two York YCAL0134EC46XCADBT air-cooled chillers with refrigerant type R-22. The reduction in kWh used was 10.3% for the year.
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Hobsons Bay City Council / Altona Library / Australia
A packaged DX unit equipped with R-22 was installed. There was an improvement in performance of 15.5% after treatment with PermaFrost NMR®. The increase in cooling capacity and system performance will result in the compressor using less energy to achieve the same cooling effect on the chill
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HGMRI Laboratory / China
HGMRI, (Hefei General Machinery Research Institute), is the National Quality Supervision and Inspection Center for Compressor and Refrigeration Equipment Products for the People's Republic of China. It is a third-party organization for comprehensive inspection, certification and evaluation
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Tender Meats / Dublin, Ireland
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a low temperature refrigeration system (Copeland Compressor R-22). Cooling capacity increased by 11.7%. This coupled with the noted improvement of 11.3% in COP will allow the unit to reach set temperatures faster. The system is now running approximately 11%
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Whitney National Bank - 5 States - 110 Locations
The portfolio analysis on the installation of Permafrost NMR was in 110 bank locations in Southeastern US. A total of 2,828,602 kWh were saved in 2007 with estimated savings of $325,000. Whitney National Bank also recorded a 22% decrease in maintenance costs for 2007.
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Sahara Tower / Dubai, U.A.E.
Sahara Tower Building 1 in Dubai installed PermaFrost NMR® on a 3 ton Rheem DX Split unit (less than 3 years old) air-conditioning system. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 15% and showed an improvement of 13% in COP.
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Bridgestone-Firestone / Tampa, FL
The installation of PermaFrost NMR was completed at three Bridgestone-Firestone locations in the Tampa, FL metro area. The units were all packaged rooftop units using R-22 refrigerant and totaling 35 tons (Two Trane TCH180 units and a Carrier 50TM006). Restored system efficiency across all t
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Catholic Health Initiatives / Data Center / Denver, CO
Catholic Health Initiatives in Denver, CO installed PermaFrost NMR® DX Mineral blend in a 7.5-ton Trane TWE090A300 split system which provides cooling for a power generator room. This unit was was manufactured in 2003 and is equipped with R-22 refrigerant. Total system efficiency restored w
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Major U.S. Communications Company / Data Center Chiller
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Carrier 19XR5555 Evergreen 510-ton Centrifugal Chiller (R-134) supporting a mission-critical data center for a Major U.S. Communications Company. A restoration in efficiency of 7.6% in kW/ton an 8.2% improvement in COP were realized for the client. The int
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Vornado Building / NYC
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in two 54-ton Carrier Model 50BAO54600 Water Cooled DX Units at the Vornado Bldg in New York City. These units are equipped with R-22. The facility houses the Traffic Police Department for the City of New York. The overall system efficiency improved by 14.9% an
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Deutsche Bank / Melbourne, Australia
Deutsche Bank in Melbourne, Australia installed PermaFrost NMR® in a Copeland reciprocating compressor model number 66H7000 charged with R-22 refrigerant. Overall efficiency improvements were in the cooling capacity of 11.3% and the system performance improvement of 13.1%.
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CSL Bioplasma / Victoria, Australia
CSL Bioplasma facility in Victoria, Australia installed PermaFrost NMR® on Chiller 1B York water/brine LC3H 300 chiller JS84F compressor. In water-cooling mode the cooling capacity increased by an average of 6.0% and the COP increased by an average 7.1%. In the brine-chilling mode the coo
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Supervalu Supermarkets 1 / Dublin, Ireland
PermaFrost NMR® DX Synthetic Oil Blend was installed into Hitachi Central Refrigeration Pack unit with a 20 HP plant. In the case of Supervalu-Dublin the unit’s cooling capacity increased by approximately 8.5% and the COP increased by 8.8%.
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Tafe SA Automotive / South Australia
This test was administered at Tafe, Automotive Department in South Australia. All tests were conducted in the Automotive Workshop at the Elizabeth Campus of TAFE SA. After injecting PermaFrost NMR® the vehicle's AC unit, the post treatment reading was 7.4 C (12.4 C pre); yielding a 5.1 C im
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Sirata Beach Resort / St. Petersburg, Florida
Sirata Hotel in St. Petersburg, FL installed PermaFrost NMR® in 98 small DX units in Building 4. Most of the 1.5-ton split systems were manufactured by Goodman and the remaining were manufactured by Heil. All units utilized R-22 and the ages of the treated units ranged from 2 to 12 years ol
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Texas Oil Tech Laboratory / U.S.
PermaFrost NMR® was put through a comprehensive lab analysis at Texas Oil Tech Laboratories, a World Class, independent Petroleum, Petrochemical and Environmental Testing Laboratory. Texas Oil Tech Laboratories is qualified as a certified testing laboratory according to ISO-9001:2000. All
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Leading Hotel in Dubai
The ECM implementation focuses on the refrigeration systems and cold storage facility of a large Dubai based hotel. An overall 11.85% reduction in kWh consumed was realized after comparing pre and post-installation data sets.
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Bell Foods / Harahan, LA
The implementation of PermaFrost NMR® was performed at the Bell Foods Cold Food Storage Facility in Harahan, LA. Product was installed in Freezer, Cooler and A/C units manufactured by Hussman/Krack, 7 units total. All units were equipped with R-22 and R-404 refrigerants. The average savings
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Eckerd College / Bard AC Unit Service Call / FL
On the Bard AC unit that was serviced, there was excessive discharge pressure as a result of refrigerant oil that had become stacked in the interior of the condenser coil. This reduced the ability of the condenser to convert hot refrigerant gas into a sub-cooled liquid. Initial temperature s
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Cadbury / Dublin, Ireland
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Bitzer open drive semi hermetic water-cooled skid DX refrigeration system. In the case of Cadbury the unit’s cooling capacity increased by approximately 12.40% and COP increased to 11.56%.
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Midtown Athletic Club / Atlanta, GA
The installation of PermaFrost NMR® in a selection of units at the Midtown Athletic Club provided a great example of the direct benefits associated with the use of Powertron Global ECM, PermaFrost NMR®. A total of 323 tons of HVAC were treated. These units were all equipped with R-22. Thes
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Bristol-Myers Squibb / New Brunswick, NJ
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Carrier 19XR 1050-ton water-cooled chiller (R-134) owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb located in New Brunswick, NJ. The unit has been inservice since 2002. The treated chiller with the PermaFrost NMR® ECM showed an 8.8% reduction in kW/ton and an 9.6% improvem
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