Desiccant Rotors International - US (DRI-US), a US corporation is part of the Desiccant Rotors International (DRI) worldwide distribution group.

The primary focus of DRI-US is the promotion, sale, warehousing, modifcation, distribution and service of desiccant dehumidification and energy recovery rotors and cassettes in North America. DRI-US has over twenty years of experience with the application and sale of these products and can structure your OEM program to meet your production needs.

www.drirotors.com
Desiccant Rotors International (DRI) formerly Arctic India Engineering Pvt. Ltd. (AIEPL) that focuses on the design, manufacture, sale and service of honeycomb-structured rotors for use in dehumidification and energy recovery.


R & D
It has perfected the "art and science" of manufacturing rotors for both latent and sensible recovery as well as for dehumidification with over 200 man-years of research and development.

ARI Certification

Ecofresh SG Series Wheels 250mm deep are ARI certified in accordance with ARI Standard 2001-1060 (Rating Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Equipment).

DRI has a fully integrated rotor manufacturing facility with in-house capability of coating, synthesizing, winding, metal working and surface finishing. The plant is geared for quick response, fast delivery and has substantial capacity to meet large orders. It offers endless permutations and combinations of substrates, chemicals, synthesizing coating processes and design features which allow customization of rotors for specific end use.

DRI rotors can be customized for endless applications like dehumidification/ drying, heat exchange, desiccant based cooling, air cleaning & air straightening, VOC concentration, Humidfication..and many many more! Enthalpy and Sensible Rotors, brand named Ecofresh and Desiccant Rotors, brand named Ecodry have become the first choice of OEMs in Japan, N. America, S. America, Europe and Korea.

While DRI does components... Rotors... heart of the Energy Recovery Equipment and Dehumidifiers, Arctic India Engineering (AIE) specializes in manufacture of equipment to enhance IAQ (Indoor Air Quality.

• Heat Wheels/Cassettes
• Evaporative Cooling Pads
• Energy Recovery Ventilators
• Heat Extractors

AIE is one of the 3 manufacturers of Evaporative Cooling Pads in the world.

Arctic India Engineering has been recognized by the EEPC (Engineering Export Promotion Council) for its excellence in exports. In 1999-2000 Arctic India Engineering won the EEPC "All India Trophy for Highest Exporter" in the category for export in new products. Arctic india Engineering (AIE) again received the EEPC for the year 2000-2001.

The products manufactured by AIE are not only sold in the Indian Market through it's network of seven offices supported by dealers but also exported to over 40 countries in South East-Asia, China, the CIS countries, the Indian subcontinent, West Asia,Middle East, Africa including S. Africa and Australia.

Something More About Us ..Our Group
Pahwa Enterprises . . . www.pahwa.com
 
‘Pahwa Enterprises’ is a group of knowledge based technology driven airgineering companies specializing in products and services “with desiccant at core, in relation to air”.
  
The core strength of the group companies is concentrated in desiccant and desiccant based technologies. Operating within a broad framework of ‘environment and energy’, the group companies manufacture products like dehumidifiers, air dryers, product dryers, preservation systems, plastics auxiliaries, cooling pads and energy recovery systems.

A rapidly growing professionally managed industrial group in India, Pahwa Enterprises employs about 500+ persons.

The core manufacturing strengths of the member companies of the group is in the Air Engineering and Environmental Control Technologies. The companies have technical and financial alliance with European and American companies and are manufacturing products based on the latest in world technology for the domestic and international market.

Even though this group is an entrepreneurial “small-medium enterprise” (SME), it’s dynamic growth under the leadership of Mr. Deepak Pahwa, Group Chairman and its success in introducing high technology products in India and its exports to Japan, China, South East Asia and North America are often quoted as model examples.

SOMETHING ABOUT OUR GROUP CHAIRMAN

Mr. Deepak Pahwa is the Group Chairman, Pahwa Enterprises and Managing Director of Bry-Air (Asia) Pvt. Ltd..

Pahwa Enterprises is a rapidly growing industrial group in India and employs about 400 persons. The core manufacturing strengths of the member companies of the group is in air engineering and environmental control technologies.

Even though this group is an entrepreneurial “small-medium business” (SMB), the dynamic growth under the leadership of Mr. Deepak Pahwa, and its success in introducing high technology products in India and its exports to South East Asia and North America are often quoted as model examples.

The group has a wholly owned subsidiary plant in Malaysia, Bry-Air (Malaysia), with offices in Dubai, China, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Brazil, S. Africa and USA. The company has an extensive export network in South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East and African countries. The company has been the recipient of several export awards.

Mr. Pahwa was awarded, in 1989, the “Entrepreneur of the year award” in the small medium enterprise entrepreneur category 1987, a national award presented by the then President of India.

He has presented several technical papers on various aspects of Air Engineering at various international forums and has been a member of several trade delegations to USA, Canada, Korea & Japan and has addressed gathering on the investment climate and 'doing business with India'.

Mr. Pahwa is a alumni of an Electrical Engineer from BHU. He has over 25 years of experience in engineering & marketing of HVAC&R, Airgineering & Environmental Control Technologies.

He laid down the foundation of the first company in the group in 1979. Today, the group has six (6); manufacturing – 3, marketing & services 3 and worldwide network.

The Northern India Refrigeration and Airconditioning Trades Association awarded Mr. Pahwa with the NIRATA Export Award for the year 2001 for his “unstinted commitment, significant contribution for export of Air conditioning and Refrigeration products from India.”

Bry-Air has setup an institute for advanced learning HVAC&R, BALI: Bry-Air Learning Institute.

Bry-Air has also instituted the “Bry-Air Awards for Excellence in HVAC&R” for innovative and new systems design and product design.

Mr. Pahwa, is also, a member of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Airconditioning Engineers) USA and serves on several technical committees, TC 3.5, TC 5.5 and TC 5.7. Mr. Pahwa has been recently elevated to grade “Fellow ASHRAE”. Since its inception, ASHRAE has honored about 525 of its 55,000 (current) members, worldwide, as “Fellow” (currently, about 250 of the 525 are living). In India, six (6) HVAC&R stalwarts have been honored as “Fellow”, Mr. Pahwa being one of them. He also, chairs the ASHRAE India Chapter’s Research Promotion Committee, and is the co-chairman of the TC 4.3: Ventilation Requirements & Infiltration in India. He is a life member ISHRAE.

Mr. Pahwa is also a Managing Committee Member, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Past National President, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce

R & D

Our state-of-the-art R & D Lab is very versatile and is regularly used for the following:

To simulate and optimize dynamic enthalpy / energy recovery variables for new product design and development e.g. Rotors & Sensible latent Recovery.

• To standardize/establish ideal performance curve for fluted media desiccant products i.e. ERV’s, HRW etc.

• To standardize /establish ideal performance curve of fluted media (honeycomb) products.

• To evaluate and certify the performance of desiccant (honeycomb) wheel rotor.
  

Test Facility

For performance evaluation of Energy Wheels:

• World Class testing facility / R&D Lab for perfrormance evaluation of Energy Wheels, in association with Intertek Testing Services, Cortland (Intertek Associates with ARI for the ARI 1060 Programme).
• Simulates and optimizes dynamic enthalpy/ enegy recovery variables for new product design and development e.g. Rotors, for sensible and latent energy recovery.
• Standardizes/ establishes ideal performance curve for fluted media (honeycomb) products.
• Evaluates and certifies the performance of desiccant (honeycomb) wheels/ rotors.
• Measures performance of Heat Recovery Wheels based systems.
• Helps in prototype development and bench marking.
• First of its kind in India / Asia.