Boiler Room

CHALLENGE

The existing glass plant boiler room ventilation was just not enough. The space was getting so hot that the air compressor was shutting down as it simply could not operate at such elevated temperatures.

Ingersoll Rand, the company that made the air compressor, contacted Moffitt on Fevisa Industrial's behalf. They needed help in figuring out how to lower temperatures in the room and achieve a safe operating temperature without using air conditioning.

DESIGN

Moffitt evaluated the building and determined that a large natural ventilator was needed to exhaust the warm air from the building. Additionally, adding twelve evaporative cooling units would help introduce cool, fresh air into the plant.

RESULTS

In the end the new system was so effective that it made the interior of the plant cooler than the temperature outside. This is a feat that is unheard of in compressor buildings. The hybrid ventilation system, using natural ventilators and natural adiabatic cooling, was the key to making it possible. Moffitt has become the expert on industrial boiler room ventilation.