Air
Handling Units 
Fläkt Woods Limited - Contract heralds the arrival of A380 aircraft at Frankfurt Airport
In preparation for the arrival of a fleet
of the new A380 superjumbo aircraft, Frankfurt International
Airport is undergoing massive expansion, and Fläkt Woods has
been awarded €2 million contract to supply air handling units on
the scheme.
Europe's second biggest airport is mid way through a programmed
development, which sees the owners, Fraport A.G. spending
altogether €3.3 billion on a new runway 1, a third terminal 2,
and an A380 maintenance base 3.
Working for Imtech 4, one of Europe’s largest contractors, Fläkt
Woods is supplying 22 EU air handling units featuring their
Econet energy recovery system. These will be used to climate a
new building at the airport, known locally as the "CD-Link". It
links the old Terminal 1 Gate C and the new Terminal 2 Gate D.
The new structures will support the arrival of the A380
aircraft. Several new business and senator lounges (Iberia and
Air France) will also be constructed and these gates will be
open in the spring of 2008
Fläkt Woods modular air handling units offer full flexibility
allowing different sizes and functions to be combined to meet
virtually any air handling requirement. The EU range supplied
for the contract, sized between 21 to 84, provide functionality
with a high degree of flexibility.
Under the contract Fläkt Woods is also responsible for the
installation of all the water piping. Additionally the equipment
has been fitted active carbon filters (a total of 3700 carbon
filter tubes) ensuring ultimate air quality.
Econet
All of the air handling units will feature Fläkt Woods’ upgraded
Econet® energy recovery system, incorporating changes that have
made it 70-75% efficient (50% more efficient than plate heat
exchangers) and more versatile than any other HVAC system
currently available.
Econet integrates energy recovery, heating and cooling into one
set of coils, so components, such as heating/cooling coils,
pumps, valves, piping and insulation, are no longer required.
Advanced Econet also optimizes the energy recovery using a new
pre programmed control system, which constantly ensures the
minimum amount of energy is used to meet the air requirements.
Econet is supplied with a prefabricate pump unit. All necessary
components for optimising the energy recovery as pump, frequency
inverter, controls and necessary valves and sensors are
included. This reduces installation time, saving both time and
money.
In the future, Frankfurt will be the home base of Europe's
largest fleet of Airbus superjumbos. Lufthansa, the airport’s
main customer, has ordered a total of 15 new A380s. Construction
of the new maintenance base for the carrier's fleet of new A380s
is currently underway at the southern side of the airport.
By 2015, the new runway, and all the other improvements will
mean the airport will be able to serve well over 80 million
passengers per year and about 2.8t of air cargo.
Email: info.uk@flaktwoods.com