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Enigin: A ‘Cool’ Solution

Enigin: A ‘Cool’ Solution

Walking up and down aisles in shopping centers can be a real eye opener! Especially when it     comes to the chilled section, where all the fridges and freezers are, filled with a multitude of tempting products to choose from!

With energy prices soaring, more and more as each year goes by, the running cost of these appliances would push any supermarket owner to do without them!

Yet, for them like for restaurants, bars or hospitals, refrigeration is not an option, it’s a must.

Enigin PLC  aims to reduce business’ energy  consumption and costs by offering energy efficient products, using  the latest technology available. Refrigeration is one of Enigin PLC’s areas of expertise, along with  lighting, motor  appliances and air conditioning.

Refrigeration require colossal amounts of energy to lower the temperature of a substance and then maintain that temperature on a continual basis.
Consequently, refrigerators and freezers can waste up to 30% of their energy and run 50% more cycles than necessary to do the job they are initially designed to do!

To have a clearer idea of why refrigeration is so energy-consuming,  here is some technical information. The process, called a cycle, begins with the compressor switching on, and it ends by lowering the air temperature until the set temperature is met. In some cases, cycles can occur up to 20 times/hour!

There is a thermostat inside the fridge which monitors the ambient temperature so as to regulate when to switch on and off. The problematic thing is, circulating air temperatures heats up a lot faster than food temperature, and this ends up making the refrigeration unit work harder than it should to keep the products at the right temperature. It comes as no surprise, logically, that this problem leads to consuming vast amounts of excess energy, as well as wearing out the equipment prematurely.

Have you ever noticed a slight noise upon closing your fridge door, after having opened it to retrieve a product? This noise indicates that the compressor has been triggered and that another cycle is underway, regardless of the fact that product temperature has not increased. Only the air temperature has. This happens even if the door has only been opened a very brief period of time. This whole process results in enhanced consumption of energy equating to higher energy bills, which is the problem Enigin has the solutions to.

Enigin can counterattack this phenomenon using what they call the  ‘CUES’ (Chiller Unit  Energy Saver). CUES, originally elaborated to  improve food safety and backed with a  NSF seal of approval, is an  invaluable energy saver. It regulates the temperature based on the food temperature, rather than on the air’s! This eliminates wastage all while keeping the products at the correct temperature constantly.

With Enigin PLC’S CUES, an amazing 30% is saved on energy costs, if  not more. Needless  to say, it is good for the planet and also  extends the life of your refrigerators and freezers.

Enigin PLC’s CUES is really ‘cool’!

Enigin quotes large users

Here at Enigin, we are busy developing new marketplaces for our Eniscope and it’s terrific display. Currently we are working with an international airport, a brewery, a hospital, an organisation which owns a large estate of stately homes as well as a large hospital. Enigin is the only company able to provide the information that these users need in an engaging and useful format that can be understood by everyone, employees and public alike. Everyone who sees the product is excited by the opportunity it creates to reveal what is really happening with the their electricity supply, and the potential savings that can be made.

Don’t try this at home

Working at Enigin, I come across loads of really good energy saving ideas. We had a stand at a Saving the Planet exhibition recently, and had loads of interested visitors. One guy was an electrician who had worked out a great way to save money on electricity, by storing up power from the night-rate. He’d built his own system from an old set of milk-float batteries, a suitable charger, a timer, and an inverter for powering the AC equipment in his home. At night, when the power is cheap, the timer starts charging the batteries at 7p per kWh compared to the daytime rate of 11p. When the night rate goes off so does the charger. Then using his own installed isolator switches at the fuse box, this guy was able to power his household appliances all day from the batteries. Not only is he saving 4p per kWh on his electricity bill, he also sitting pretty during power cuts. Last time there was one in his area, half the neighbours were round watching telly at his place! However good it sounds, this isn’t a product we’re going to be adding to the Enigin range in the near future, and remember, don’t try this at home, this guy was a fully qualified electrician!