How Do You Properly Size Exhaust Fans And Evaporative Coolers In Dry Cleaning Plants?

This article will help you to size the proper Exhaust Fan and Evaporative Cooler to use in your Dry Cleaners and Laundry plant or work area. I also give the brands and model numbers of commonly used equipment in these type of businesses. • Almost every Dry Cleaner uses Evaporative Coolers, or Swamp Coolers as they are very often called, in the plant or clothes cleaning area. Using refrigerated air conditioning would be very expensive for them. The steam boilers that they use are putting out hundreds of thousands of BTU’s of heat into the work area. To remove that much heat by using air conditioning would cost thousands of dollar per month. Because of this, the work area of the Dry Cleaner should have an Exhaust Fan that is capable of making a complete air exchange about every 1 1/2 minutes. I will give you an example to help you in figuring the correct size exhaust fan for your Cleaner. • Let’s say you lease a space in a shopping center that is 25 feet wide by 80 feet deep. The total ...  more