Industrial HVAC Systems
Ventilation & Cooling Solutions
Excess heat can be produced by a variety of manufacturing processes and is often dispersed to the nearby working environment. Not only can this create an uncomfortable space for workers which can affect productivity, but it can also pose a health and safety risk.
Industrial workplaces of all sizes can benefit from Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems. From operators of machinery that produce excess heat to workplaces that fall below 16°C – the minimum recommended by the HSE during the winter months – having the right climate control systems in place can make a real difference.
integratedAIR Systems are specialists in industrial HVAC systems, with businesses from a wide range of industries commissioning us to design, manufacture and install cost-effective solutions that manage temperatures and help to keep you within regulatory guidelines.
How Do Industrial HVAC Control Systems Work?
Industrial HVAC systems can be used in any facility that needs warmer, cooler, improved or changed air flow.
Typically, we mount one or more Air Handling Units (AHU) at an elevated position within a facility. These ventilation units, coupled with a ducting system, process the air and distribute it to air vents strategically positioned throughout the facility. An additional benefit of this balanced system is maintaining positive pressure within the building envelope, reducing the risk of outside airflow contaminating your facility.
We also offer industrial roof exhaust fans, which can be coupled with an air input system, providing an effective solution for cooling during summer and other airflow problems.
If your workplace suffers from a more extreme heat build-up, we can provide evaporative and direct expansion (DX– Refrigerant) air cooling systems to rapidly cool hot air, ensuring the maximum level of safety and comfort for your employees.
Make-up Air
It’s important to maintain a comfortable and safe atmosphere, as this helps with the maintenance of production machinery and the wellbeing and safety of workers. Many ventilation systems are automatically operated and governed by low-temperature sensors. The more complex make-up air system operates in line with the different exhausts emitted in your factory.
Signals from the various processes dictate the running parameters, so the system is activated when process exhausts stop and start - this will continuously adapt to maintain the same overpressure.
integratedAIR Systems can install water-to-air heating coils within the air stream, which allows the hot water from the energy recovery to pre-heat the make-up air in the colder months, so your system can run all year long.
Ventilation
During the summer, heat cannot be dispersed from a plant or factory as it can be during the winter. Temperatures can rise due to production lines generating heat, often in excess of a comfortable working environment.
Our industrial ventilation systems remove hot air and circulate cooler air at a lower level, causing temperatures to lower. We can design systems that reuse unwanted heat from one area to warm other sections of the building, helping to potentially lower separate heating and cooling system costs, whilst increasing energy efficiency.
Spot Cooling
Spot cooling is an ideal substitute for air conditioning, as it enables you to target specific areas for heating and cooling. Each spot cooling system is installed using a locally ducted evaporator coil and piped to outside VFD condensers, typically placed on the roof. In the summer, temperatures within production facilities can rise to uncomfortable levels.
Spot cooling allows colder air to be directed to operator areas, ensuring the work environment maintains a safe temperature for employees. Where necessary, this process can be reversed to warm work areas during the winter.
Heating
Factory spaces may require heating at certain points of the year due to the changes in the external climate or alterations to production processes. Summer/winter diverters ensure your facility can maintain an even temperature throughout the year by contributing hot or cold air where appropriate. This helps to set a specific temperature which is monitored and automatically adjusted by the system.
Our team can also design systems to disperse the heat created from machine processes to other areas of the facility, which ensures the efficient recovery of energy in the form of heat and minimal costs from external heating methods.
What Are the Applications?
Every business has its own requirements for heating, cooling, and ventilation and each project we undertake has its own complex set of variables. For example, this can include the number of staff present in the facility and the amount of heat being generated, to the type of building and the sensitivity of the processes that take place within it
We are proud to be the trusted partner for a range of local and global companies such as Ball Packaging, Rexam, DS Smith, De La Rue, and Craftec who require industrial HVAC solutions.
Get in touch to discuss your requirements and our team will be happy to answer any questions you have and can also arrange a site survey to give you a better understanding of how our systems can transform your workspace.
What Are the Benefits of Climate Control Systems?
Temperature control systems are essential for meeting current health and safety obligations, as well as potentially saving you time and money in the long term:
- Removes heat from manufacturing processes to optimise mechanical performance.
- Clean and fresh air available throughout the production facility to support staff wellbeing.
- Recycles heat from one point to another, such as production to office areas, to minimise energy costs.
- Lowers utility costs, improves sustainability, and helps to achieve environmental goals.
- Equalises temperatures to ensure increased workforce productivity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Are the Main Functions of an Air Handling Unit (AHU)?
The AHU manages the ventilation of the interior with outside air, along with the following additional tasks:
- Relative humidity monitoring for improved indoor comfort.
- Management of air temperature with air conditioning systems in cold or hot conditions so that the desired interior temperature is reached.
- Filtration and control of the air quality to ensure clean, contaminant-free air is circulated to the interior.
What Is the Energy Efficiency of an AHU?
Energy efficiency is the primary goal of an air handling unit, and the European Ecodesign Regulation 1235/2014 has made it compulsory since 2016. By having heat recovery units, the AHU lowers the amount of energy needed for air conditioning; since the exchanger mixes internal and outdoor air, the temperature contrast is lower when the air reaches the coil and therefore lowers both the climatic contribution and energy consumption. The fans can operate at the required flow rate due to the equipment's variable regulation, reducing consumption.
What Is the Difference Between Commercial and Industrial HVAC?
The three main differences between commercial and industrial HVAC systems are:
- Capacity: Industrial HVAC systems are typically designed for much larger facilities compared to commercial spaces.
- Complexity: Industrial HVAC systems can be designed to handle more extreme internal processes and external environments.
- Location: Industrial HVAC tends to require significant amounts of external space to install AHU's and other essential equipment. They tend to generate a larger volume of air and require additional equipment to ensure enough is being pulled through the HVAC system.For more details, you can read our dedicated blog post
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