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).
C & C Group Facility / Lenexa, KS
The installation of PermaFrost NMR® was done in all of the operating HVAC units supporting the C&C Group Headquarters in Lenexa, KS. Of all the packaged units treated, 39-tons were using R-22 refrigerant and 3-tons were using R410A for a total of 42-tons. The total energy reduction fo
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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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Austin Community College / Austin, TX
Austin Community College installed PermaFrost NMR® on a rooftop DX unit air conditioning system. The net reduction in energy consumption was 26.34% for the period. These results were gathered and verified by a P.E. with a third party engineering firm.
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Andrews Air Force Base / Maryland
Andrews Air Force Base treated a number of buildings (multiple DX units) with PermaFrost NMR and monitored the effects over a 6-month period. Total energy consumption for the sites was reduced 12.5%.
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Mervyns, Laredo, TX
Two 158-ton York Chillers model YCWJ58RS-48PE equipped with R-22 refrigerant. Third party verification engineering company utilized the Micro Air program which is a computer-generated calculation program based off of ASHRAE & ARI industry standards. These units had a COP improvement
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El Machetazo / Panama
El Machetazo is a Panamanian based supermarket chain installed PermaFrost NMR in two York 200 ton water-cooled chillers model number YSCBCBSI-CGC. The installation yielded a savings of 10.9%.
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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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ANZ Bank / Adelaide, Australia
ANZ bank installed PermaFrost NMR® in a Carrier 30DA060 (reciprocating)chiller at the ANZ Data Centre, Adelaide, South Australia. The cooling capacity increased by 25.8% along with a 33% increase in COP%. These results were verified by the Regency Institute of TAFE.
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Royal Farms Convenience Stores - 2 locations / Maryland
Royal Farms in MD installed PermaFrost NMR® in 5 DX units. All were York packaged rooftop units, some using R-22 and some with R-410 refrigerant. The total amount of refrigeration was 32 tons (three 5-ton units and two 8.5-ton units). Restored system efficiency across all five units improv
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Bemis Process Chiller / Batavia, IL
The Beamis-Curwood Facility in Illinois installed PermaFrost NMR into a 210-ton Carrier AquaSnap Air-cooled Chiller (2005) equipped with R-410 refrigerant. The chiller is a process chiller and is under year around demand. There was an improvement (restored) of 23.8% in kw/ton with a 22% impr
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Citibank Chiller / Manama, Bahrain
The installation of PermaFrost NMR was performed in Manama, Bahrain for Citibank. Forensic performance analysis was performed on a 130-ton Carrier Model 30GX-1332-AOO7O-NEE water-cooled chiller unit using R-134A refrigerant. The chiller showed a 12.5% reduction in kW while simultaneously pro
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Ocular Center / Panama
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a 40 ton DX unit for the Ocular Center in Panama. 5 months post data have reflected a kWh savings of 12.4%. PermaFrost NMR® has been a significant contributor to the Ocular Center's ongoing sustainability efforts.
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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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Morgan-Stanley / NYC
Morgan Stanley in NYC treated a 1990 Trane 25-ton DX unit. Percentage improvement of thermal exchange (BTU) was 92% as in this case this was a severely under-performing unit.
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Major U.S. Communications Company / Data Center CRAC Units
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in two 16-ton Liebert Model UE192G Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units. These units are equipped with R-22 and provide cooling for a mission critical data center in Long Island, NY. The average system efficiency improvement was 20.5% while the average E
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AMP/Henderson Global Investors / Parabanks Shopping Center
In Salisbury, South Australia, PermaFrost NMR® Chiller was installed in a Carrier 5H66 Reciprocating Compressor (air-cooled chiller) charged with R-22. The implementation carried out on this chiller indicated an overall improvement in the cooling capacity of 24.1% and system performance of
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Silverstein Brothers 7 World Trade Center / NYC
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Mammoth 28-ton Unit (RTU). A performance improvement 11.2% improvement in cooling performance efficiency was realized.
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M/V Bold Endurance
PermaFrost NMR® was installed on a 30 year old, 45 ton DX unit aboard the vessel “Bold Endurance”. Post installation of PermaFrost NMR®, resulted in an approximate 15% efficiency improvement.
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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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Andrews Air Force Base - Main Chiller Plant
Andrews AirForce Base in MD installed PermaFrost NMR® in a Trane 170-ton Model CHVE020R00 water-cooled chiller using R134A refrigerant serving the 89th Airlift Support Group, Air Mobility Command. Following treatment with PermaFrost NMR® the chiller showed a restoration of 20% in kw/ton an
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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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Citi Group (South Florida 51 locations).
Powertron Global® installed PermaFrost NMR® in 51 of Citi Groups South Florida locations. All units installed were DX. Over the following year after the installation of PermaFrost NMR®, these locations averaged 9.9% in power bill reduction. This led to a global rollout for Citi in their o
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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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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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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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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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Kaplans Department Store / Australia
Honeywell engineers installed and monitored for Kaplan's Ben Hur Department Store an installation of PermaFrost NMR® on a 40 HP Trane Chiller. This resulted in an overall reduction in energy consumption by the treated chiller of 19.8%.
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City of Tea Tree Gully / Australia
The City Council of Tea Tree installed PermaFrost NMR® in a Trane DX unit resulting in an 18% reduction in energy per day.
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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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Panama Canal Railway
The Panama Canal Railway Co. decided to treat an entire office building. The DX equipment treated was 5 & 10 ton York units, 2 ton Miller unit, 1.5 ton LG and two unnamed DX units. All were equipped with R-22. The reduction in energy consumption was 17.7%.
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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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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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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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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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McCormick (Spice) & Company / Maryland
McCormick (Spice) & Company in Maryland installed PermaFrost NMR in a 50-ton Trane SWUA-5004 water-cooled packaged unit, using R22 refrigerant, that serves the 4th floor of the facility. Total system efficiency restored was 32.3%, while the EER rating of the unit rose by 39.9%. These eff
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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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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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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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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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Baylor University
The unit treated was a 15-ton Trane DX system used to cool a data center. This is a two-stage system with two 7.5-ton compressors. The system is set on a humidistat and runs continuously. The unit is running 17% less in stage two which use significantly less power while only running in stage
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Laureate International Universities / Maryland
The equipment treated was a 30-ton Carrier Rooftop Package Unit and a Carrier 20-ton RTU operating with VAV systems. The units are equipped with R-22. The two RTU’s treated showed significant improvements in cooling capacity with an energy savings of 18.7% was realized for the period.
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Thiess Services / Dubai, U.A.E.
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Westinghouse 2 year old 1.5-ton split unit. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 8% and run-time energy consumption decreased by 4%. The COP increased by an overall 12% which is due to PermaFrost NMR® effectively restoring the lost efficiency of the
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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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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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Carrier / Hong Kong
Carrier Hong Kong conducted several performance tests on a Carrier chiller with the implementation of PermaFrost NMR®. An improvement of 11.06% in cooling capacity and 12.85% in COP was achieved and recorded.
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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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Guinness / Dublin, Ireland
The equipment installed with PermaFrost NMR® was a 1.5 HP Refrigeration Unit in the Beer Cold Room, a Lunite Hermetique Condensing Unit and a Friga Bohn Evaporating Unit. The system showed significant increases in compressor efficiency of 8.9%, COP 13.3% and cooling capacity of 13.9%.
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City of Playford / Australia
The ECM implementation yielded average savings of 18.5% in energy costs for the period.
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Residential Report / Atlanta, GA
PermaFrost NMR® DX was installed in a 1997 Bryant 597CN036-D (3 ton) at the home of a Regional Energy Star Manager for the EPA in Atlanta, GA. He uses his home as a real-time laboratory for ongoing EPA projects he is involved in. He has measured the kWh usage at his home for over a decade.
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Eckerd College / Air-Cooled Chiller / St.Petersburg, FL
PermaFrost NMR® Chiller product was installed in an underperforming 6 year old York YCAS 250 ton air-cooled screw chiller equipped with R-22 refrigerant. This unit services 13 buildings all which are a part of the same water loop. The Armacost York chiller use to require both of i
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