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Articles from Condair's experts relating to humidification and evaporative cooling for heating, ventilation and air conditioning professionals.
The specification of humidification
Dave Bull, Applications Manager at Condair, details the important questions to consider when specifying humidifiers and designing humidification systems.
Which humidifier?
Condair experts review the main types of commercial humidifier on the market.
Electrode vs resistive steam humidifiers
Condair experts look at the pros and cons of electrode vs resistive electric steam humidifiers for the contractor and their customer.
Industry guidelines on indoor humidity
Many organisations recommend 40-60%RH as the ideal indoor humidity. This is a summary of the most prominent guidelines.
Humidification decarbonisation
Dave Bull, Condair Global Sales AG, looks at how a commercial building using humidifiers can reduce its carbon footprint for humidity control and cooling.
Direct and indirect evaporative cooling strategies
Condair evaporative cooling experts look at how humidifiers can be used in different evaporative cooling AHU strategies.
A cool recovery with humidifiers
Condair experts explore how evaporative humidifiers can significantly reduce HVAC energy consumption, increase sustainability and minimise operating costs.
Humidifiers de-mystified for the AC contractor
Find out more about the different humidity control options available to AC contractors.
Cool humidification
Explore how cold water humidifiers are used to provide low energy, low cost cooling.
Hybrid cooling systems: bridging efficiency and sustainability
Core principles of hybrid cooling, including components, key benefits and design considerations.
The energy of humidification
Condair experts explain how much energy commercial humidifiers need and what are the options for those buildings that need to minimise energy use.
Dehumidification articles
Articles from Condair's experts relating to dehumidification for heating, ventilation and air conditioning professionals.
Dehumidifier specification - how to size and select a dehumidifier
Julien Taschot, Application Manager (Dehumidifiers), asks all the right questions for delivering profitable drying projects
Why drying rooms matter
Julien Taschot looks at the opportunities drying rooms offer the ACR contractor.
Preventing ice & mist in freezers with dehumidifiers
Julien Taschot, Application Manager (Dehumidifiers), explains how commercial freezer operators could reduce icing by lowering the humidity with dehumidifiers.
Dehumidifiers - A Contractors' Guide
Julien Taschot, Application Manager (Dehumidifiers), looks at what a HVAC contractor should know to successfully deliver a dehumidifier project.
Dehumidification - a hot topic
Julien Taschot, Application Manager (Dehumidifiers) at Condair, explains the heat management aspects of a dehumidifier project.
Desiccant vs condensing dehumidifiers
Julien Taschot, Application Manager (Dehumidifiers), compares dehumidifier technologies and gives an overview on best practise dehumidifier selection.
Service-related articles
Articles from Condair's experts relating to service and engineering of humidifiers and dehumidifiers.
Industry and use case articles
Articles from Condair's experts relating to the application of humidifiers and dehumidifiers in different industries.
Data centre humidification
Carl Batchelor examines how humidifiers are used in data centres. From controlling static electricity to providing evaporative cooling for enhanced free air cooling systems.
Improving office productivity with humidity
Jordan Stevens, Sales Manager at Condair, looks at why and how to manage humidity in commercial offices.
Fighting static with humidity
An indoor humidity of >40%RH will effectively reduce static build-up. Learn how to manage static with humidity.
Humidification in pharmaceutical manufacturing
Poor environmental control, particularly in respect of humidity, can directly effect the pharmaceutical production line in a number of ways.
Humidification of museums, art galleries & works of art
Condair experts describes the need for correct humidification in museums, art galleries and heritage sites as well as how to achieve it.
The importance of humidity control in textile processing
Condair experts explore how humidification optimises textile manufacturing processes.
Humidification in tobacco production
Condair experts examines the optimal humidification in cigarette production and manufacturing.
Improving food productivity with humidity
How to enhance profits in food manufacturing with either humidification or dehumidification.
Automotive paintshop humidification
Dave Bull looks at the benefits to automotive paint spray operations of maintaining optimum humidity.
Health-related articles
Articles from Condair's experts relating to how humidity can impact health and wellbeing.
Free 10-point guide to specifying humidifiers
Download your 10-point guide to specifying humidifiers and get an easy-to-follow overview for planning humidifier projects.
It covers topics such as psychrometrics, product sizing, technology selection, installation considerations and hygiene management.
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