Dehumidifier - Portable and Commercial Uses

Choosing to Use Commercial Dehumidifiers and Basement Dehumidifiers

Commercial Dehumidifiers Hard at Work Behind the Scenes

Industrial dehumidifiers play important roles in many of the things we encounter in everyday life.  For instance, ice rinks use them to keep humidity low and prevent condensation.  Frozen food warehouses use industrial dehumidifiers to reduce ice accumulation, making for safer working conditions, boosting the quality of their products, and cutting the cost of refrigeration.  Hotels use desiccant systems for several reasons.  One is to fight mildew and mold, which have a tendency to grow in warm, damp environments.  The hospitality industry also employs commercial dehumidifiers to boost indoor air quality.  The packaging and manufacturing industries also heavily rely on industrial dehumidification systems.

Will a room dehumidifier fit your needs?

Portable Dehumidifiers are great for smaller areas in a home.  But there are many situations in which they simply do not have the power to dehumidify a large area.  Also, dehumidifying to a very low relative humidity, and doing so in an already-cool indoor environment, takes an industrial-strength solution.  Fortunately, there are desiccant dehumidifiers for these situations.  A desiccant dehumidifier works in a different way than room dehumidifiers.

How Do Desiccant Dehumidifiers Work?

Instead of condensing air, as small portable dehumidifiers do, desiccant dehumidifiers actually pull the moisture out of the air.  It’s an ingenious system.  Air is pulled into the humidifier by a fan.  Inside the humidifier is a revolving wheel coated with a substance, such as a crystalline material, that takes excess water out of the air.  At any one time, about 75% of the wheel is exposed to the air to be treated.  The other 25% is being exposed to heated air, which evaporates the water picked up by the desiccant.  This warm air is then vented elsewhere and can even get re-used as a heating resource.

Bringing Heavy-Duty Dehumidifying Power to Your Home for Comfort and Well Being
An overly humid house is often an unhealthy house.  Extra moisture encourages the growth of mold.  Mold is a hearty, simple little pest that thrives simply on a food source (like wood or paper) and wetness.  It quickly spreads.  Many people are adversely affected by mold, manifesting symptoms such as itchy eyes and skin, wheezing, and stuffiness, sometimes at even subliminal levels.  Mold can also cause lung infections and asthma attacks.  Not only does mold harm people, but since it eats on materials in order to survive, mold growing in a building’s foundation will lead to erosion and deterioration.  In these cases, the need for a powerful humidifier is clear.

How To Determine if You Have Mold in Your House
If you are experiencing the health-related symptoms above, inspect your house (especially basement and other humid areas) for some of the signs of mold.  The most obvious indications, of course, are high condensation on windows.  Then you should also check for the existence of dark, cotton-like, or dotted areas on your walls or furniture.  Also sniff around to track down any damp, stale scents.  Problem spots often include:  any areas affected by flooding or leaks in the roof or plumbing; moist basements; and kitchens and bathrooms.  If you have mold in your house, you owe it to yourself to look into the options available with basement dehumidifiers and/or a rental dehumidifier.  You will be protecting both your health and your home.