MY STORY: MAGNATRON
INTERNATIONAL 20 1 25- Kishore Mansata
I have been a sustainability professional for the past
35 years engaged in the assembly, manufacturing and distribution of Energy
Savers for motors and Industrial lighting, and Instrumentation.
I invented the Airtron to address the wastage
in electricity by Air Conditioners, for which A PATENT #412672 has been granted
.
In 2003-2006 I imported the world's leading models
of AC ENERGY SAVERS , and in fact I was the sole distributor in
India for leading global brands, but we had a very high percentage of
rejections,as the savings were at the cost of comfort set temperature- the room
was getting warm when these were installed.
MARKET OPPORTUNITY:
I tested all the leading AC Energy
Savers available from U.S.A. , Germany , U.K etc. and realized that none of
these, either measured or displayed the room or set temperature , all of them
were Plug-n-Play devices which worked on a common
principle-"blindly" cutting of the compressor at regular intervals
, with no regard to the target set temperature or comfort.
Considering billions of Tons of installed air
conditioning worldwide across all industrial, commercial and domestic
segments , and a rapidly growing population of AC's , I sensed an
opportunity existed for a 'Real' energy saver which can maintain the
Target set point and yet operate globally across all climates and
seasons.
I realized that a "blind"
Plug-and-Play" was not viable , and it is necessary to measure both
absolute and dynamic values of the Room, Coil and Ambient
temperatures, and should be programmable easily by the
customer, to suit the different geographies , and adapt
automatically to changes in day\night and seasonal conditions as
well , and offer a Payback of 6-8 months.
Thus, this
needed to be a Programmable Logic Controller(PLC), with “AI” & a unique
‘TEMPERATURE -LOCK, to be able to maintain the required Target Set
Temperature and optiimize the Compressor run-time to save
electricity across all geographies, with Paybacks below 6 months at 9 hour a
day operations.
RESEARCH AND PATENT :
I set up my own Psychrometric lab in 2007, after 4
years of research, created the Airtron, which met with all the above
requirements and filed a patent in 2011.
Airtron is the world’s first and only energy
saver for air conditioners that saves upto 35% on electricity while maintaining and displaying your
room temperature(and comes with a remote (for convenience) and offers
paybacks of 4-8 months.
Moreover, the Airtron is also the only Energy Saver
in the world to offer the unique 'Temperature Lock', which ensures the Set
Temperature cannot be reduced below the company policy, thus offering an
additional savings upto 30% and doubling the life cycle of the Compressor.
This allows management to maintain
a uniform set point on AC's across all their facilities globally,
reducing the Payback to as little as 1-3 months depending on the Rating of
the AC.
Customers report upto 50% savings with the
two combined features-the Algorithms and the Temperature Lock.
It is important to note that the AIRTRON is
designed to install on all AC'sand COLD ROOMS/STORAGES, thus the higher the rating the better the
payback! For example, if the Airtron is used on 11TR AC the payback could
be as little as 1 month.
A very large percentage of the AC's are used for
cooling of equipment such as servers , VFD's,electric panels and due to the
high thermal load the compressor runs continuously for months on end, thus
damaging the compressor, leading to very high electricity bills and high
maintenance costs, but the Airtron's multiple algorithms have perfect
solution to this offering savings and resting the compressor, and yet
maintaining the cooling efficiency to offer very attractive paybacks. The AC's
have no way of doing this .
The Airtron PLC is programmable (one -time required
only) for the diverse geographies and climates, and comes with a remote
for convenience to change the set point, and allows the user to change the
program to increase savings in just a few seconds on the
Touch-Pad.
It is important to note that the multiple complex
algorithms is the secret sauce to achieve the savings by customization of the
operations according the users requirements,and due to very many variable there
is no one single route to saving electricity, but the Airtron uses multiple
different paths to achieve the high savings
Air Conditioners consume a substantial
percentage of industrial and commercial electricity, and more
than 70% of domestic electricity bills.
What is not known is air conditioners, including
the advanced Inverters, waste upto 35%of this electricity , which offers a huge
opportunity for Airtron , and without any competition Globally.
Electricity is not only expensive but is
scarce, and AC’s emit huge greenhouse gases- CO2, CFC's etc.
MARKET SIZE:
The market for AC’s and Airtron is global and
substantially higher in warmer countries but AC's are a necessity even in cold
countries, because of sealed spaces, and for cooling electronic,
electrical and mechanical equipment, and the demand is growing rapidly
across all sectors of industry as well as commercials.
While there are many energy savers in the world,
Airtron is the first and only one in the world to maintain\display the AC set
temperature and yet offer payback of 5-7 months without compromising
the set point, whilst the others simply switch off the compressor and save
at the cost of comfort.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
The Airtron received the coveted "National
Award for Energy Innovation" from CII -GBC in
2018.
The highly accredited CII - GBC, (India's Nodal
Agency for Sustainability, have certifiedsavings of 35.4% on conventional
AC's, and 25.6% savings on Inverters, and routinely recommend the
Airtron in all Energy Audits, across India and even overseas, which
has been a major boost to credibility and growth.
The Airtron was nominated and shortlisted for
United Nations Cleantech Award in 2017, and Tie Silicon Valley in 2018,
HVAC U.K., RAC U.K. in 2017-18 for energy innovations and sustainable
solutions.
L.G. Ltd a leading global manufacturer
has Validated 25% savings on their Inverter AC's.
EESL (ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICES LTD), MIN.OF
POWER, GOVT. OF INDIA has validated 44% & 33% savings in two separate
trials
at different locations in New
Delhi. EESL is the largest ESCO in India , and perhaps in Asia Technical
Information :
I am attaching a technical comparison
document and a PPT deck, which distinguishes Airtron's
superior technology as the world’s most unique energy saver for Air
Conditioners.
No other Energy saver has any of the features
, and only save electricity by simply cutting off the compressor
"blindly" and causingthe room temperature to increase, thus causing
discomfort and rejections.
THANKING YOU
Yours Sincerely
Kishore Mansata CEO/INVENTOR
MAGNATRON INTERNATIONAL
(THE ENERGY SAVING
AND MAINTENANCE COMPANY)
Mob: +91 9748727966