Gurgaon: Carrier Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd. has been received the contract to install the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system at Delhi International Airport's upcoming Terminal 3.

Carrier will provide eight Evergreen 19XRD centrifugal chillers of 2500 tonnage refrigeration (TR) each for this project. This dual compressor centrifugal chiller represents cutting-edge heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology, which the company says is ideal for large airports, shopping malls, commercial complexes, factories and district cooling plants.

The Evergreen 19XRD is Carrier's largest single-unit cooling capacity chiller employing non-ozone depleting refrigerant HFC-134-A, and features Carrier-patented technology designed to improve indoor air quality and provide environmental benefits.

''We are proud to have been awarded such a prestigious project,'' said Zubin Irani, managing director, Carrier India.

''Winning this project is further evidence that we are the customer's first choice for air-conditioning products. Carrier will provide high-quality products that help create a comfortable and healthy environment for both travellers and workers throughout this terminal.''

The Delhi International Airport expects Terminal 3 to be operational before the Commonwealth games in 2010.

Terminal 3 will be approximately 5.2 million square feet in size, with a annual capacity of 34 million passengers.

Carrier's HVAC equipment cools many airports globally, including the Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom, the Toronto International Airport in Canada, the Prague Airport in the Czech Republic, the Dublin Airport in Ireland, the Munich Airport in Germany, the Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan, the Chisinau International Airport in Moldova, the Manas International Airport in Kyrgystan, the Tashkent International Airport in Uzbekistan, and the Vnukovo Airport in Moscow.

Carrier India's parent company the Farmington – based US company, Carrier Corporation, a unit of United Technologies Corp. Globally, Carrier is amongst the world's largest provider of heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, and posted revenues of $14.6 billion in 2007.

The company employs approximately 43,000 people worldwide, and operates in over 170 countries.

Carrier is part of United Technologies Corp., a Hartford, Connecticut-based provider of a broad range of high technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide.