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The new ITW GSE 3500 PCA automatically adapts its airflow to the specific aircraft type - and not just to an aircraft category.
The modular design is the hallmark of ITW GSE, and ensures exceptional efficiency and reliability in a point-of-use PCA. The ITW GSE 3500 is designed around interchangeable cooling modules that are easily swapped in only 20 minutes.
The ITW GSE 3500 PCA is a truly modular PCA.
The 3500 design includes updated VFD technology that allows for easy, stepless regulation of the discharge temperature. This means the 3500 supplies exactly the right amount of cold air, never more.
Most PCAs are designed for peak load conditions although these conditions probably only apply for 10-20 days each year, and deliver excess capacity for about 80% of the time, wasting lots of expensive energy and creating undesirable emissions.
Along with saving energy, stepless regulation helps lower emissions at the gate and reducess mechanical stress, improving reliability and extending the 3500's service life.
The 3500 enhances passenger comfort via a new Automated Aircraft Type Detection (AATD) technology that integrates with your VDGS or BMS solution.
As the aircraft approaches the gate, AATD enables the 3500 to recognize its exact aircraft type – not just the category. The 3500 then automatically sets the optimal airflow settings, improving PCA cooling performance by up to 54% and reducing the risk of operator error.
The 3500 is much more than just a PCA. It also forms the centerpiece of EcoGate, a high efficiency system of ground support units that work together intelligently. By linking your GSE equipment together in an integrated system, EcoGate unlocks new efficiences and removes power-related barriers to progress at the gate.
The 3500 with IPM hosts several technologies that EcoGate depends on, including IPM itself. IPM monitors power consumption and allocates power dynamically, always prioritizing the needs of your GPUs and keeping total power consumption beneath a preset limit.
Typically, a GPU is designed to deliver more power than required to meet an aircraft's power needs. And often PCAs deliver excess capacity for about 80% of the time, wasting lots of expensive energy and c
reating undesirable emissions.
The ITW GSE Power Share lets you allocate excess power from your 2400 to eGPUs and other AC units without having to upgrade the existing infrastructure.
The Power Share is a smart outlet box that can be integrated in a fixed GPU or remotely installed for a Power Coil or PCA. The Power Share will always prioritize supplying the available power to the GPU/PCA over other connected equipment which is simply disconnected. The disconnected equipment will automatically be reconnected when power becomes available.
The European Parliament has revised the TEN-T guidelines to prioritize “increasing airport energy and operational efficiency”, and this affects airports’ usage of PCAs.
Article 33 states:
“Member States shall ensure that: (g) air transport infrastructure provides for pre-conditioned air supply to stationary aircraft.”
You can read more about the guidelines here.
See our current 3400 PCA in various installations.
3500 PCA photos coming soon!
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