Warehouses come in all shapes and sizes, but they do share some common factors. A storage area is defined by its dimensions, by its boxy shape and overall capacity. It’s tall and wide and long, a perfect space for long rows of shelves and the interspersed workstations that connect alternating aisles to a central pathway. […]
When marketing brochures describe the current state of evaporative cooling technology, there’s a tendency to sidestep contemporary engineering assemblies. Instead, the colourful documentation tells us about the origins of water-soaked fabrics and dripping clay urns, the evaporative solutions that were employed by long-gone cultures. Now, while such historical records provide valuable insights, they don’t tell […]
Ambiguous cooling solutions lack focus. They work, but they work only as an aimless source of chilled air. Portable evaporative coolers, on the other hand, cast aside this slothful work ethic in favour of a purpose-driven disposition. Able to roll straight into the heart of a localized heatwave, the mobile mechanism directly applies cool, calming […]
A simple little maxim used to say that the simplest solution is often the best solution, but that’s just not always true. Take the electric fan versus evaporative coolers debate, for instance, a situation that’s clouded by numerous variables. An electric fan is just a handful of blades rotating with enough force to push air. […]
Large buildings and covered outdoor areas that are used as factory and warehouse spaces can get hot. Heat generated by machinery and the sun can make working places such as these very hot and, in some cases, extremely uncomfortable for workers. All sizes of factories and warehouses struggle with this problem – trying to cool […]
The age-old operating principles that rule evaporative coolers hold true whatever the application, yet it is modern technology that now powers the appliance. Nature and engineering excellence coalesce here to produce cool air, a biologically friendly airflow that eases the body. The evaporative cooling effects on cattle farming are much the same. Heat stress is […]
Atmospheric science is an interesting field, one that breaks down into gaseous and fluid dynamics. There’s even a little bit of particulate matter in the mix. Breathable air varies with altitude, humidity rises and falls as we pass through different climate zones, and that particulate stuff whips up when the weather changes. In terms of […]
Unexplainable productivity drop-offs don’t seem quite so mysterious when we personally enter witheringly hot working environments. The human body needs to breathe, after all, and this essential biological process can’t take place when metabolism-stifling heat is jeopardizing our natural cooling mechanism. In such a workplace, sweat evaporates the instant it exits a distressed worker’s pores, […]
The evaporative cooling process has been famously compared to man’s earliest exploits in temperature management. Egyptians and Romans and every other overheated ancient civilization on the globe had access to some variation on this theme because they knew that water was a cooling influence. They saw water evaporate and felt a corresponding drop in temperature, […]
The laws of fluid mechanics seem wholesome and antiseptic when they’re read off the pages of a book, but the practical applications tell a different story. In relating a tale that shows how air flow affects evaporative coolers, we’re going to be dealing with some real headaches, but they can be readily sidestepped when a […]