TCL proudly introduces the new TCL FreshIN Series Fresh Air AC, representing a leap forward in air conditioning evolution. Through advanced technological innovation, it offers an intelligent health experience tailored to users’ needs in health, energy efficiency, and usage habits, setting the standard for the new era of fresh air conditioners.
The air conditioning industry confronts three main challenges: respiratory health concerns, high energy consumption, and the impact of traditional technologies on the environment. To redefine air conditioning for the future, TCL classified air conditioners into three generations in November 2021: the first generation focused on temperature control, the second on energy efficiency, and now, the third generation prioritizes fresh air functionality.
Traditional air conditioners often prioritize cooling or heating over user health. In contrast, the new generation of AC prioritizes intelligent health, enhancing users’ quality of life while addressing environmental concerns. This new era of air conditioning encompasses “intelligent health,” “energy efficiency and environmental protection,” and “AI intelligence.”
Fresh air AC offer users three core benefits: waking up without odors, avoiding dry mouth and throat, and preventing dizziness and headaches; through fresh air, ventilation, humidification, and oxygenation can be achieved.
The new generation of air conditioner understands your health better, with comprehensive upgrades focusing on sound comfort, air quality comfort, and thermal comfort for users.
The TCL FreshIN Series Fresh Air AC features the innovative FreshIN technology, incorporating four-fold noise reduction techniques. It achieves a minimum noise level of 16 dB(A), and at a fresh air volume of 30m³/h, it achieves a quiet fresh air level of 30 dB(A), reducing industry-standard noise levels by 10 dB(A) at the same airflow rate.
This product undergoes four-level filtration purification through HEPA filters, ensuring exceptionally high purification efficiency. To make good air visible, the product is equipped with a new TVOC gas monitoring sensor, providing clear insight into indoor air quality.
A significant pain point for users when using air conditioners is the fluctuation in indoor temperature, causing discomfort and health issues due to sudden changes in temperature. In addition to fuzzy control and expert PID algorithms, TCL Air Conditioners, guided by a collaborative innovation approach, collaborated with top research teams to pioneer the AI Temporal Prediction Algorithm. This innovation controls room temperature fluctuations within ±0.3°F, eliminating the problem of sudden temperature changes.
Furthermore, it incorporates TCL’s Gentle Breeze technology, delivering comprehensive enhancement in thermal comfort, providing users with a holistic airflow experience
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Behind these leading technologies lies the relentless dedication of the research and development team. Over the course of two years, more than 100 R&D teams were organized, visiting over 1000 users, conducting over 3000 experiments with hundreds of prototypes. The challenge in reducing fresh air noise lies in the restriction against creating new holes, thus necessitating the use of a single fresh air pipe of approximately 31mm. Achieving a fresh air volume of 30m³/h requires a fresh air flow rate of 14m/s in the pipe, creating high-speed airflow prone to significant noise and vibration. Overcoming this noise is a formidable task.
The engineering team has implemented technical innovations and optimizations throughout the entire airflow pathway. In the intake chamber, they have introduced a pioneering dual-channel guiding design. Through simulation, they have identified the optimal angle for air intake, ensuring smoother airflow and reducing collisions between air and duct cavities. Additionally, they have incorporated dual-layer porous sound-absorbing chambers. The energy of sound is continuously reflected, attenuated, and dissipated within these minute pores, meeting users’ requirements for acoustic comfort. As a result, noise energy reduced by 17% than ordianary Fresh Air AC.
The New Generation Air Conditioner, Understands Your Energy Saving Needs:
The new generation of air conditioners focuses not only on hardware energy efficiency but also on achieving energy savings through software algorithms. It’s not just about energy-efficient design but also about energy-efficient operation. The TCL FreshIN Series Fresh Air AC leads the way in energy-saving design with its innovative platform. It features an industry-first large through-flow fan for the indoor unit and an oversized axial fan for the outdoor unit. In terms of operational energy efficiency, it employs AI temporal prediction algorithms to anticipate temperature changes, optimizing in real-time. This helps avoid excessive dehumidification and cooling, resulting in energy savings .
In a comparison of electricity consumption between a conventional fixed-frequency three-stage energy-efficient air conditioner from 10 years ago and the FreshIN Series Fresh Air AC, it’s estimated that approximately 660 kWh can be saved per year, equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 660 kilograms annually. Moreover, it comes equipped with internationally leading technology in visualized electricity management, allowing for monitor the air conditioner’s power consumption through user-friendly interaction via a dedicated mobile app.
The Next Generation Air Conditioner, Understands Your Usage Needs:
In terms of intelligent interaction, the FreshIN Series Fresh Air AC incorporates a high-performance offline voice module, ensuring high wake-up rates even in bedroom environments. This makes voice control more flexible and user-friendly.
Regarding smart ecosystems, the FreshIN Series Fresh Air AC, through the TCL app, features an intelligent assistant developed in collaboration with Microsoft. It is seamlessly integrated with mainstream cloud platforms like Google and TCL Honghu, allowing for ecosystem connectivity. Users can easily control their air conditioners through various methods such as TCL Home, Alexa, Google Home, remote controllers, and infrared, enhancing convenience.
In terms of intelligent learning, the FreshIN Series Fresh Air AC utilizes genetic algorithms to learn users’ usage habits and automatically control the air conditioner. Once the air conditioner is connected to the internet, all operational data and user settings are uploaded to the TCL Honghu cloud platform for BI big data analysis. After a period of user interaction, the air conditioner can autonomously adapt to the user’s habits, becoming more attuned to their needs over time.
Regarding smart scenarios, the FreshIN Series Fresh Air AC is equipped with numerous user-friendly features. For instance, it facilitates fresh air ventilation by enabling quick ventilation at different times of the day. It also automatically switches to sleep mode based on ambient light conditions, reducing display brightness or turning off lights, lowering noise and beep volume. Moreover, it offers various preset scene modes such as Away Mode, Homecoming Mode, Sleep Mode, etc. Users can also customize their own exclusive scene modes.