THANK YOU ALL FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR. TO AN EQUALLY WONDERFUL 2024!
Reflecting on the past year, Unilab has been at the forefront of innovation and growth through a multitude of projects and activities, which have not only propelled us forward but also enhanced our services, providing even greater value to our customers.
For several years now, Unilab allocates a dedicated pool of hours each year for R&D of new products. This year, we took it a step further by expanding our R&D dept., welcoming 3 engineers and 3 developers dedicated full time on developing new technologies, innovative products, custom software on new heat exchanger applications and the enhancement of services offered to our clients.
At the same time we have our other Main Development Team, consisting of 5 dedicated programmers, which remains committed to ongoing scheduled project development.
We’re proud to share these strides in our commitment to providing cutting-edge solutions to all our customers.
Crucially, this journey wouldn’t be possible without the invaluable trust and support from our customers year after year. Together, we’ve cultivated a community where each member benefits and grows, and we’re delighted and proud of the trust you’ve placed in us.
But, let’s get to the exciting part – all that we’ve worked on and achieved this year for all of you!
You can find a full list of improvements and new software features in this article, here a list of the just the major improvements and software projects for the year 2023. Stay tuned for more next year!
| IMPROVEMENTS 2023 – PER EACH SOFTWARE |
| Finned Pack Heat Exchangers (COILS SUITE) |
| NEW VERSION COILS 9.0 .
In this Major Update in early 2023 we have introduced the calculation of length and pressure drop of capillary tubes in direct expansion coils https://www.unilab.eu/articles/news-events/news/coils-9-0/
COILS. Unilab Coils now allows to search and display by default, depending on user preference, the names of refrigerants and fluids according to: ASHRAE Name, Abbreviated Name, CAS Number, Full Name, Chemical Formula, Synonym, Opteon Trade Name. |
| Improved calculation engine in heating coil Improved calculation engine in cooling mode Improved exchanger shape Improved Japanese translations Improved charts & graphs Improved COILS SUITE interface Added extra length for manifols Improved printout in cooling, direct expansion and pump evaporator Implemented coil shape simulation Implemented fin edge shape simulation Implemented turbulator management and simulation Implemented fin treatment simulation Implemented management and simulation of capillaries for direct expansion coils Added option about fin border Added option for turbolators |
| DLL
completely rewritten in the most recent NET Core 6 |
| Speed of calculation improvements in single calculation and recuperators |
| Flexible activation system with the “control of activation tool”, with possibility of distributing DLL to your customers with expiration date deployment option, and the ability to remove license immediately and provide only a subset of selected geometries – requires a customer-supplied server |
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COILS .API to allow our customers Web Application Development thanks to our Coils engine |
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mCOILS WEB |
| Ability to upload a set of selected geometries from your own COILS database directly to the WEB software backend, and to distribute a specific subset of geometries to your customers |
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EASY (circuitry and metal sheet drawings) |
| Interfacing with SolidWorks for production (coming 2024) |
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| Commercial Selection of Chillers, Heat Pumps, Precision Air Conditioning, Condensing, Motoevaporating, Rooftop, refrigeration cycles (X-SHARK) |
| X-SHARK WEB STD,fully Online selector for Chillers, Heat Pumps, Precision Air Conditioning, Condensing, Motoevaporating, Rooftop, refrigeration cycles |
| APIsavailable for xShark WEB STD |
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| Fan-Coil |
| Creation of a standard, quick to market Fan-Coil basic selector |
| Improvement on Fan-Coil Web |
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| New Air to Water HEAT PUMPS Software |
| Developed HEAT PUMPS, the software dedicated entirely to the design of air-water heat pumps |
| New Air-to-Water Heat Pump Scheme: We have introduced a new air-water unit scheme, available to all users. The program now simulates air-water heat pump with ventilation part for 1. cool, 2.heat, 3.ventilation, 4.sanitary hot water and 5.RH(%) control Redesign of the Heat Pump software Component Archive: We have completely redesigned our Compressors, Heat Exchangers and Fans archive, making it more user-friendly and straightforward to use. Reversible Heat Pumps: Now you can simulate reversible heat pumps Free Mode in Heat Pumps: With the introduction of the free calculation mode, it is possible to bypass capacity ranges (small, mid, big, extra) and design the unit without limits, with complete control over selected components. This feature allows advanced users more freedom in simulations |
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| Design of Chillers, Heat Pumps, Precision Air Conditioning, Condensing, Motoevaporating, Rooftop, refrigeration cycles (SHARK) |
| Added new compressor Frascold 3 v1.21.0 Q421.1Y |
| Added new compressor Frascold 3 v1.21.0 S1552Y |
| Inserted R448A and R513A Frascold3 v1.21.0 compressors models |
| Inserted R448A and R513A Dorin 22.12 compressors models |
| Inserted R448A and R513A Bitzer v6.18.0 rev2811 compressors models |
| SCOP improvements |
| Idronic Kit |
| Improved Danfoss compressor mass polynomials |
| Added R507 refrigerant |
| Added possibility to delete a fan builder |
| Heating coil calculation improvements |
| Inserted warning message for filters out of curve calculation |
| Improved pump archive management |
| Improved warning messages |
| Improved calculation with mapped exchangers |
| Improved fans management |
| Improved multicalibration tool |
| Improved fans calculation |
| Improved plate heat exchangers management |
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| TRANSCRITICAL GAS COOLER |
| Improvement graphics generation |
| Improvement translations |
| Microchannel Condensers & Evaporators |
| General improvements to Imperial units of measurement |
| Fin thickness control |
| SMART-air (Air Handling Units) |
| ERI DLL Update |
| Autonomous Recuperator insertion and management (without the use of a DLL) |
| Autonomous Fan Curve insertion and management (without the use of a DLL) |
| Heatex DLL Update |
| Tecnifan DLL Update |
| Recuperator DLL Update |
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| Unisuite (Shell & Tube, Multitubular Heat Exchangers, Gasketed e Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers, Coaxial Heat Exchangers) |
| Introduction of beverages and liquid foods list in Unisuite. We have introduced more than 200 liquid foods and beverages, available from the next build of our UniSuite: fluids will then be featured in Tube in Tube, Coax, Shell and PHE software |
| SHELL: Improved Steam Outside tubes mode https://www.unilab.eu/articles/news-events/news/unisuite-shell-build-230504/ |
| Introduction of low fin tubes and corrugated tubes in Multitubular heat exchangers (TUBE IN TUBE) |
| Introduction of low fin tubes and corrugated tubes in Shell & Tube exchangers (SHELL) with geometric data insertion (e.t.a. January 2024) |
| CO2/R134A and CO2/NH3 evapo-condenser flooded application in SHELL and TUBE (e.t.a. April 2024) |
Thank you for being an integral part of our journey. Here’s to continued growth and success in the upcoming year!
