TheCaptive Energy CE-A250 is purpose-built for arenas with ammonia refrigerationsystems. It captures the waste energy these systems produce and utilizes that energy to produce 100% of that facility’s hot water needs — without burning a single cubic foot of gas.
The CE-A250 heat recovery system is designed to be seamlessly integrated into any legacy system and does not require the removal or replacement of existing boilers.
As space may be limited in typical ice rink machine rooms, we’ve designed a plug and play mini-container for the CE-A250.
The CE-A250 ships as a pre-engineered package — cutting installation time, reducing labor costs, and keeping your facility running with minimal disruption.
This means that the heat recovery unit itself, associated heat exchangers, control panel, buffer tanks, system pumps and electrical transformers can be neatly packaged and installed as one unit that sits outside the machine room, with only piping and electrical connections required, greatly simplifying the installation.
Because ammonia refrigerant can’t pass directly through a potable-water heat exchanger, the CE-A250 uses a closed glycol loop to pre-heat water before final heating, allowing us to capture 100% of available waste energy.
Carefully sized heat exchangers, smart buffer tank placement, and precision-valved controls ensure maximum efficiency, stable temperatures, and long equipment life.
Our cloud-based monitoring platform gives real-time insight into performance, detects anomalies, and continuously tunes efficiency with AI-driven optimization.