Desiccants increase your comfort while reducing your operating costs. They reduce the ambient moisture in the air, making it more comfortable and easier to cool. They also have the ability to reduce the amount of airborne bacteria and fungus.

Conventional air conditioning equipment controls temperature only, and may supercool the air below the dew point to condense excess moisture. This is expensive to operate and often results in a cold, clammy environment.

A desiccant system uses a special material (such as silica gel or titanium silicate) which has an affinity for moisture. The water vapor molecules are attracted to and captured by the material as the supply air flows through a slowly rotating desiccant-impregnated wheel. The wheel rotates through a regeneration zone where heat (from natural gas) breaks the bonds and releases the water vapor into an exhaust flow.

Benefits:

• Improved indoor air quality.
• Ability to control temperature and humidity independently.
• Lowers utility bills, due to a reduction in the moisture portion of the cooling load, leading to less use of electricity for cooling, and increases in profits
• Reduces odors and creates dry, fresh smelling environment.
• Increases comfort.
• Expands facility's life span.
• Easy to retrofit.

Prime applications for desiccants:

• Supermarkets
• Ice arenas
• Pharmaceutical facilities
• Refrigerated warehouses
• Breweries
• Theaters
• Retail stores
• Archival storage facilities
• Injection molding facilities
• Schools
• Water treatment plants
• Restaurants
• Hotels
• Food processing and manufacturing plants
• Hospitals, clinics and nursing homes