At the beginning of 2020, the new crown pneumonia epidemic hits fiercely, putting pressure on the heat exchanger industry. At present, the spread of the global epidemic has brought many uncertainties and downside risks to the export demand for heat exchangers.
Based on the market performance of microchannel heat exchangers in 2019, this article analyzes the opportunities and challenges faced by the market in 2020 under the impact of the epidemic.
According to statistics, the global sales scale of micro-channel heat exchangers was 3.464 billion yuan in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 1.14%. Judging from the growth trend, it has gradually stabilized in the past two years, which is mainly closely related to the development trend of downstream air conditioning, heat pump, refrigeration and other industries.
From the perspective of the application segmentation of heat exchangers, air conditioners are the largest actual use market, accounting for about 83.5%, of which the largest market comes from North American commercial air conditioners; the refrigeration market accounts for about 9.0%, of which China’s refrigerators and freezers use micro-channels. Main position; the heat pump market accounts for about 3.9%, mainly in China and Europe.
Judging from the characteristics of each region, the North American market has advantages such as good environment, high energy efficiency requirements, and low price. The use of single-cooled condensers has strong practical application competitiveness, and has the largest penetration rate and scale of use.
However, the global environment of increasing energy efficiency standards and energy conservation and environmental protection remains unchanged. Heat exchangers undoubtedly have the potential and opportunities for further development due to their advantages in improving energy efficiency and reducing refrigerant charge.
In the domestic market, with the continuous development of computer room air conditioners, air-cooled refrigerators and other products, the proportion of micro-channel usage will gradually increase. In addition, the upgrade of energy efficiency standards for the air-conditioning industry in 2020 will also benefit the further development of the micro-channel industry.
Therefore, although the heat exchanger industry is currently facing many difficulties in its promotion, long-term development can be expected.