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Humidification and evaporative cooling articles
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?
Learn more about humidification and explore the main types of commercial humidifiers available today.
Electrode vs resistive steam humidifiers
Take a 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
Take a look at how a commercial buildings use of humidifiers can reduce its carbon footprint for humidity control and cooling.
Direct and indirect evaporative cooling strategies
Take a look at how humidifiers can be used in different evaporative cooling AHU strategies.
A cool recovery with humidifiers
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
Learn more about 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
These are the right questions to consider when designing efficient, reliable and commercially viable drying projects.
Preventing ice & mist in freezers with dehumidifiers
Learn more about how commercial freezer operators could reduce icing by lowering the humidity with dehumidifiers.
Dehumidifiers - A Contractors' Guide
Take a look at what a HVAC contractor should know to successfully deliver a dehumidifier project.
Desiccant vs condensing dehumidifiers
Take a look at this comparison of dehumidification technologies and get an overview of best practices for selecting the right dehumidifier.
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
Discover how humidifiers are used in data centres. From controlling static electricity to providing evaporative cooling for enhanced free air cooling systems.
Controlling humidity in museums and art galleries
Discover the complexities of indoor humidity control in heritage sites.
Improving office productivity with humidity
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.
Control humidity and improve productivity in digital printing
Condair explores the need to manage humidity control in digital printing to improve productivity and digital printer machine performance.
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.
Healthcare humidity matters
Explore the importance of humidification in healthcare.
Humidification in tobacco production
Condair experts examines the optimal humidification in cigarette production and manufacturing.
Humidity and healthcare
Condair examines the implications for hospitals of a recently published study on humidity and influenza infection.
Improving food productivity with humidity
How to enhance profits in food manufacturing with either humidification or dehumidification.
Automotive paintshop humidification
Take a look 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.
My humidity is low - what should I do?
If your workplace humidity is consistently below 40%RH it could be affecting your health. Find out more about how to create the optimal conditions.
Consider your humidity when increasing your ventilation
Condair examines why increasing ventilation without adding humidification might be protecting us in one way but harming us in another.
Making buildings healthier
Condair examines the potential for improving public health through humidification and other HVAC strategies.
Humidification for health – is it worth the energy?
Condair weighs the benefits to health of humidity control vs the energy required to maintain it.
The importance of indoor humidification for health
Condair examines the importance of humidity control in our lives for health, productivity and success.
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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Knowledge, fundamentals, technical terms and explanations of key concepts in the field of air humidification.
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Explore Condair’s smart humidification and dehumidification calculators to quickly assess energy use, system sizing, and performance—designed for planners, architects, and HVAC professionals to make informed decisions
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