MARKET TRENDS
FCUs up, chilled beams down
Now in its 25th uear, Eurovent Market Intelligence (EMI), the European Statistics Office for the HVAC&R market, has just published the results of its studies for 2018 sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Chillers
The chiller market (including reversible) in the EU reached €2.2bn in 2018, with a 5% increase in units with a capacity greater than 50kW in comparison with the previous year. With regard to the market for units with a capacity lower than 50kW, the market continues to be dominated by reversible heat pumps and is predominantly in France, Germany and Italy with a total of 228,000 units sold in these three countries. Moreover, the same trio of countries are at the top of the table for units with a capacity of more than 700kW. In terms of refrigerants used, the market continues to be largely dominated by R410A and R134a. New refrigerant blends such as R513a and HFOs such as R1234ze – which have grown rapidly in comparison with 2017 – still only make up 1% of the units sold in Europe. In terms of air-cooled units, the standard compressors are generally scroll-type for capacities up to 700kW and screw-type for higher capacities, with a transition point of using an inverter at 200kW.
For water-cooled units, the scroll to screw tipping point is at 500kW for standard compressors, while for inverter compressors, the market starts at 200kW, almost equally shared between inverter screws and those with magnetic bearing.
IT cooling
The IT cooling market rose to €427m, comprising 58% room air conditioners (CRAC), 19% self- contained air conditioners (row and rack coolers), 10% mobile TLCs and 13% AHUs. The biggest markets are Germany with €63.1m, the UK with €53.2m, France with €32.1m and Italy and Russia with €24m each. In the EU, the growth of
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CRAC and RACK units has been slightly negative, whereas TLC and AHU units have experienced an increase of about 10%.
In the CRAC market, there are two distinct trends: the first is, for chillers, a constant increase in units with capacity over 150kW and the second is, for direct expansion units, an upwards trend for modulating compressors. Paradoxically, since 2016 there has also been a downwards trend for units with indirect integrated free cooling, which could be explained by competition from evaporative cooling in this sector.
VRFs
The VRF market reached 216,135 units sold in Europe in 2018, representing an increase of around 7% in comparison to 2017. The principal markets in Europe are Turkey, France, Italy and Spain. Northern Europe still lags behind with only 1,327 units sold in 2018.
More specifically, there has been an increase in high-capacity VRFs with units with a capacity of more than 50kW rising from 11.2% in 2017 to 14.1% in 2018. This trend went together with a predominance of top flow units, which comprised around 60% of the units sold.
As for interior units, the market remains oriented towards cassette units (42%), then duct units (30%) and wall units (21%), even though significant variations exist across countries.
Fan coil units
The fan coil market was relatively stagnant in Europe between 2017 and 2018, levelling off at about 1.35m units. This is due partly to the sharp decline in Turkey (-24.9%) and, to a lesser extent, the decrease in Russia (-7.1%).
By contrast, the EU experienced an increase of +4.6%, mainly explained by large increases in Spain and the UK (+6.5% and +13.1% respectively) and by a stable Italian market (+2.4%).
The most dynamic types of fan coils were cassette and wall models, as well as ‘4 pipe’ units. Their large increase has, however, not inverted the market distribution, which remains, for the most part, dominated by 2 pipe units which stood at 73% of models. From a design point of view, fan coils with and without casing still represent 30% of the market respectively and cassette and ducted models share the remaining market.
Air handling units
The European air handling units market reached €2.1bn after a small increase in 2018 (3.3%). This increase came mainly from four of the biggest European markets, Germany, which remains the leader with €422m (+0.9%), followed by Northern Europe with €362m (+3.8%), Eastern Europe (€261m, +14%) and Turkey (€149m, +11.1%).
On the application side, the European market is dominated by new units, representing 62% of sales, with the remaining 38% being replacement. Furthermore, air handling units are being installed predominantly in offices (21.4%) and in the commercial sector (15.1%).
It is also worth noting that air handling units with integrated controls represent two-thirds of sales in Europe and compact units seem to have gained ground, as they constitute almost 60% of sales today.
Heat exchangers
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