Daikin Industries, Ltd. announces the sales launch of the Container Refrigeration Unit ZESTIATM for November 9, 2011. ZESTIATM, the world's first container refrigeration unit to employ a scroll type DC inverter compressor, features outstanding energy savings along with even greater ease in operation and maintenance. Recently, efforts have been made in the global maritime industry to strengthen environmental protection, and in July of this year a decision was made to introduce a CO2 emission policy*1 to international maritime transportation. With the steep rise in the price of bunker oil, the striving for energy savings has accelerated even further for container ships. Consequently, the trend towards pursuing energy savings from such aspects as reduction in operation costs and CO2 emissions has intensified, even for container refrigeration units.
In employing a scroll DC inverter compressor in ZESTIATM, Daikin leverages its abundant experience in commercial use air conditioners to achieve a world's first for container refrigeration units that reduces electric power consumption by approximately 45%*2. Moreover, the unit meets today's needs for larger container ships and improves ease of machine operation and maintenance so that inspection can be performed more efficiently in a shorter time.
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