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AKVP – electric expansion valve for food retail applications

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Electric expansion valve for food retail applications

The Danfoss AKVP electric expansion valve is ideal for use in food retail refrigeration solutions for safe and reliable operation. The AKVP embodies a number of advantages to ensure food safety and reduce operating expenses, both in terms of service and energy expense. 

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Features and benefits

  • Robustness with long life-time

  • System reliability with low leakage risk and solenoid tight closure when power is cut

  • Ease of service

  • System energy optimization (MSS, ALC), remote monitoring, fault detection, and adaptive defrosting when paired with the ADAP-KOOL® suite of electronic controllers

  • Reduced complexity, compatible with CO2 and HFC refrigerants

  • Soft Pulse operation

Introducing the AKVP Electric Expansion Valve

The new and improved AKVP with future-proof technology takes simplicity and safety to the next level. Together with the intelligent ADAP-KOOL® controllers, you get the market's most energy saving solution.

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Infographic sample on the AKV valve

Documents

Documents
Type Name Language Valid for Updated Download File type
Brochure Discover the opportunities of CO2 refrigeration English Multiple 24 Nov, 2025 35.1 MB .pdf
Installation guide Electric expansion valve Types AKV 10P, AKV 10PS English Multiple 23 Apr, 2024 1.1 MB .pdf
Data sheet Electric expansion valve, type AKV 10P and AKV 10PS English Multiple 06 Aug, 2024 12.4 MB .pdf
Brochure Smart Store Brochure English Multiple 16 Oct, 2025 5.2 MB .pdf
Installation guide Spare parts for electric expansion valve Types AKV 10P, AKV 10PS (AKV 10 / AKVH 10 retrofit) Arabic; Bulgarian; Czech; Danish; German; Greek (modern); English; Spanish, Castilian; Estonian; Persian; Finnish; French; Irish; Hebrew (modern); Hindi; Croatian; Hungarian; Indonesian; Icelandic; Italian; Japanese; Kazakh; Korean; Lithuanian; Latvian; Macedonian; Norwegian Bokmål; Dutch, Flemish; Polish; Portuguese; Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan; Russian; Slovak; Slovenian; Serbian; Swedish; Tamil; Thai; Turkish; Ukrainian; Vietnamese; Chinese Multiple 30 Apr, 2024 4.1 MB .pdf

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Videos

A photo with a lot of grey and then all the way to the right is an animation of the AKV valve

AKVP animation video

Learn more about the working principle of the new AKVP electric expansion valve and get an overview of key functionalities such as: soft-pulse technology, minimum stable superheat (MSS) algorithm, fault detection and adaptive defrost.

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