TE Connectivity Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Solutions

Creating comfortable indoor spaces while maintaining a cost-effective building is a common challenge for modern HVAC systems. A heat pump is one cost-effective solution to provide heating and cooling in a single unit. Sensors for pressure, temperature, flow, and humidity are making these systems smarter and more efficient. However, sensors must be cost effective, accurate and reliable as part of heat pump systems as the environments they operate in can be quite harsh.From high-efficiency connectors to intelligent sensors, TE empowers engineers to create innovative, energy-efficient cooling systems tailored to address the demands of modern homeowners.

Water and Flame Protection for Harsh Conditions

HVAC systems are exposed to harsh environments ranging from extreme heat to frigid temperatures — both inside and outside the system. The components in your design must withstand dust, debris, extreme weather, thermal shock, high vibration, condensation, humidity, and corrosion. Choosing weak components can reduce energy-efficiency and degrade the system’s performance. These harsh environments can lead to component failures, thus reducing comfort and increasing costs. Protect your HVAC system against dust, debris, and water with TEs top-of-the-line sealed connector solutions offering IP rated protection in the harshest environments.

Benefits:

• Extra locking mechanisms with TPA and CPA
• Ingress protection (IP) rating for water, dust, and debris
• Corrosion resistance and insertion wear resistance
• Glow Wire Test (GWT) and UL 94-V0

Challenges:

• Real-world conditions such as dust, debris, corrosion, condensation and humidity

Solutions:

• IP rated sealing capabilities to keep AC equipment clean from debris and free from moisture due to condensation
• Glow Wire tested (EMEA) and V0 (AMER) – regulatory standards met
• Water and Flammable proof products
• Clean processes
• Rework / Maintenance

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New Levels of Connected Comfort Year-Round

Explore space-saving and reliable components that keep your HVAC equipment running smoothly in today’s connected home. As innovative technologies are enabling systems to run more efficiently and at lower cost, you will need the components to stay ahead. TE can help advance your designs with component compatibility, speedier development cycles, and quick-to-install products for a reliable and industry-proven solution.

Benefits:

• Sealing: Ingress protection (IP) rating for water, dust, and debris in harsh environments
• Reliability: High power and operating temperatures, locking mechanisms, and vibration resistance
• Miniaturization: Compact centerline and smaller construction size
• Simplification: Insulation displacement (IDC) technology, ease of installation, and simplified assemble processes
• Safety: Flame retardant material, ergonomic design, and insulation protection

Challenges:

• Finding space saving components that are reliable, efficient and compliant to government regulations
• Products that highlight energy-saving ability while saving space on circuit boards
• Miniaturized products that fit into connected smart home upgrades

Solutions:

• Space saving, low-profile connectors combined with IDC technology
• Component compatibility, speedier development cycle, and quick-to-install products for a reliable and industry proven solution
• Seamless technologies, data reliability and better operational results

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Maintain Clean and Safe Environments in Hospital HVAC Systems

Temperature, humidity levels and cleanliness can affect the equipment and procedures pertaining to operating rooms, isolation rooms and other sensitive setting within hospitals. In hospitals, indoor air quality, air conditioning, ventilating systems,and other facets of HVAC systems and control matter greatly. Yes, HVAC systems in hospitals must maintain comfortable climate conditions and humidity levels. But they must also help maintain clean environments so that patients aren’t harmed and so that medical equipment can properly function. Hospital HVAC system design is, therefore, very important. Design construction, operation, and use of hospital HVAC systems directly affects people’s health and well-being. To operate safely and effectively, hospitals require the right HVAC system and capabilities.

HVAC systems must work with other air quality and purification systems to provide effective ventilation and minimize the spread of viruses, such as Covid-19, and other sources of indoor pollution. Epidemiologic evidence has put pressure on HVAC designers to maintain Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) as science has demonstrated a clear association between exposure to damp  indoor environments and adverse health effects. Prolonged damp conditions can lead to growth of molds, bacteria, and insect pests in HVAC systems – an issue that must be eliminated to avoid “sick building syndrome”.

Challenges:

• Air quality monitoring
• With the impact of COVID-19 and the spread of germs, HVAC systems giving rise to the need for HVAC Upgrade per AHRAE*
  • AHRAE set guidelines for filtration rates to maintain good indoor air quality

Solutions:

• Data provided by air quality sensors can not only unlock the combined benefits of greater efficiency and better indoor air quality through HVAC optimizations, but also help earn building certifications and boost occupant wellness

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New Levels of Comfortable with HVAC Solutions

As innovative technologies are enabling systems to run more efficiently and at lower cost, you will need the components to stay ahead. TE can help advance your designs with component compatibility, speedier development cycles, and quick-to-install products for a reliable and industry-proven solution.

The function of the control system is to reach the target temperature or state, based on what you set on your thermostat. This requires transmission of signal, powerful connections, and many more in order to bring you heat in the winter and cool air in the summer.

Within HVAC systems, Signal Relays are primarily used in thermostats to switch heating systems. TE’s flat, small size signal relays are high performance relays with switching current up to 5A.

Benefits:

• Power PCB Relays are used in thermostats, electric boilers, general pumps, fan control, and more within HVAC systems. Inrush capabilities and long life with high switching cycles combined with a high temperature range makes TE’s power PCB relays a strong choice for HVAC applications.

Applications:

• Control Systems
• Auxiliary PCB’s
• Environmental Sensors
• HVAC Accesories

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Sensors for HVACR and Building Equipment

• Low cost
• Reliable and high-performance
• Accurate sensing in harsh environments
• Dual-sensing

• Air Conditioning
• Building Automation Systems
• Furnaces & Boilers
• Fire Suppression Systems
• Heat Pumps
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Variable Air Volume

Seamless Connectivity for your HVAC System

Our antenna solutions provide high-quality transmissions in wireless devices in a wide variety of frequencies including, but not limited to: Bluetooth, WLAN, Cellular and ZigBee. With HVAC systems becoming smarter and more digitally-controlled, TE’s antenna products can help you achieve the wireless designs you are looking for.

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