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Course Description: AEC Daily: Fundamentals of Mechanical Dehumidifiers
Humidity affects numerous industries, potentially leading to building damage and health problems. Mechanical dehumidifiers play a critical role in controlling humidity across different environments, ensuring comfort and safety while preventing any humidity or condensation issues that interfere with daily business. In this course, we provide insight into the principles of psychrometrics, enabling participants to understand the properties of air and water vapor mixtures significant to moisture control. We explore the operation of mechanical (vapor compression) dehumidifiers, their performance parameters and limitations, and installation configurations. Finally, we examine some examples of beneficial applications.
Discuss human thermal comfort in relation to the psychrometric chart, including sensible and latent heat, dry- and wet-bulb temperatures, dew point, humidity ratio, and relative humidity.
Describe mechanical (vapor compression) dehumidifiers and their operation.
Identify dehumidifiers that meet the capacity needs of an application and jurisdictional energy efficiency requirements.
Assess installation options and their effects on efficient dehumidifier performance.
Describe examples of beneficial applications.