Podcasts

Condair Podcasts

Below is a series of podcasts recorded by members of our team, providing information on best practise in humidity control and evaporative cooling. Use the players to listen.

PODCAST: HOW TO SIZE & SELECT A DEHUM
Learn the important things to consider when approaching a commercial dehumidifier project.

FREEZER PODCAST
Listen to this short podcast on how to reduce ice and misting in freezers and cold stores with dehumidifiers.

FOOD PODCAST
Listen to this podcast on how food & beverage manufacturers can enhance their productivity by controlling humidity

HEALTH PODCAST
Check out this podcast on how maintaining 40-60% relative humidity indoors is important in combatting the spread of viral infection.

AHU COOLING PODCAST
Listen to our podcast on how humidifiers can be used for evaporative cooling in air handling units.

Get expert advice on humidity control and evaporative cooling

Humidification for health – is it worth the energy?

Tim Scott weighs the benefits to health of humidity control vs the energy required to maintain it.

Data centre humidification

Carl Batchelor details how humidifiers provide cooling and static control in data centres.

Evaporative cooling

Tim Scott describes how cold water humidifiers are used to provide low energy, low cost cooling.

Textile manufacturing

Steve Hale looks at why and how to humidify in textile manufacturing for increased productivity.

Consider your humidity when increasing your ventilation

Tony Fleming explains how increasing ventilation in heated buildings without humidifying may be protecting us in one way but harming us in another.

Healthcare & hospitals

Steve Ellis examines the importance of humidification in a hospital or healthcare environment.

Direct and indirect evaporative cooling strategies

Dave Marshall-George looks at the different evaporative cooling strategies for AHUs.

The economy of gas

David Marshall-George examines the benefits of using gas-fired humidifiers.

Installing humidifiers - a contractor's guide

Neal Hiscock, Application Manager at Condair plc, looks at the important issues contractors ought to consider when installing a humidification system.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing

Debbie Batchelor looks at the benefits of specialist humidification in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

How to install a steam humidifier

Tony Tullett, Service Director at Condair, provides some best practise guidance on humidifier installation.

Dehumidifiers - A Contractors' Guide

Dave Marshall-George looks at what a HVAC contractor should know to successfully deliver a dehumidifier project.

Desiccant vs condensing dehumidifiers

Dave Marshall-George, Sales Director at Condair, compares dehumidifier technologies and gives an overview on best practise dehumidifier selection.

Cigarette manufacturing

Steve Hale examines correct humidification in cigarette production and manufacturing.

Automotive manufacturing

Anthony Hall looks at the different requirements for humidity control in automotive manufacturing.

Control humidity and improve productivity in digital printing

Paul Kipp examines the need to manage humidity control in digital printing to improve productivity and digital printer performance.

Improving food productivity with humidity

How to enhance profits in food manufacturing with either humidification or dehumidification.

Return to work: how to manage a healthy humidity

Dave Marshall-George looks at how businesses can adhere to guidance on indoor humidity levels in a post lockdown, COVID world.

Museums & art galleries

David Gates outlines the need for correct humidification in museum, art galleries and heritage sites.

Printing

Darren Bryant outlines how humidification can help printers, especially in the winter.

The specification of humidification

Dave Bull details the important questions to consider when specifying humidifiers.

Electrode vs resistive steam humidifiers

Dave Marshall-George compares electrode & resistive humidifiers.

Dehumidifier specification - how to size and select a dehumidifier

The key things to consider when specifying dehumidifiers or designing a dehumidification project.

Making buildings healthier

Dave Marshall-George examines the potential for improving public health through humidification and other HVAC strategies.

Reducing the cost of humidification

David Marshall-George discusses how to reduce the cost of humidification.

Preventing ice & mist with dehumidifiers

The article explains how commercial freezer operators could reduce icing by lowering the humidity in their cold store with dehumidifiers.

Legionnaires' disease - what you need to know

Tim Scott, Head of Sales at Condair plc, presents the facts about Legionnaires' disease in relation to the use of humidification systems.

Dehumidification – a hot topic

Dave Marshall-George explains the heat management aspects of a dehumidifier project.

Humidity and healthcare

Dave Marshall-George examines the implications for hospitals of a recently published study on humidity and infleunza infection

The energy of humidification

Dave Marshall-George explains how much energy commercial humidifiers need and what are the options for those buildings that need to minimise energy use.

Importance of expert commissioning

Tony Tullett, Service Manager at Condair plc, explain the importance of using specialists when undertaking final commissioning of a humidifier.

Humidifiers de-mystified for the AC contractor

David Gates gives an overview of the main options used by the AC contractor.

Preparing humidifiers for the winter season

Tony Tullett, Service Manager at Condair Ltd looks at the importance of preparing humidifiers for the winter months.

Indoor humidity

David Marshall-George examines the importance of humidity control in our lives for health, productivity and success.