The Power of Proper Humidification: Enhancing Air Quality and Profitability with ILS Humidifiers

by Caitlin B. | Sep 11, 2023 | Humidification, Steam

The Importance of Humidification

Humidification, simply put, is the process of adding moisture to the air. It’s a crucial factor in creating and maintaining optimal indoor air quality. In hospitals, proper humidification can help prevent the spread of airborne viruses and bacteria, protect sensitive medical equipment, and enhance patient comfort. In universities, it can contribute to a conducive learning environment by reducing static electricity and enhancing air quality. Meanwhile, in pharmaceutical industries, maintaining precise humidity levels can significantly improve product quality, leading to increased profitability.

Whether it’s preserving the integrity of medical equipment, maintaining optimal learning environments, or ensuring the quality of pharmaceutical products, the right humidity levels are key. This is where the innovative humidifiers by SteamOvap, offered through Cooney Coil & Energy, come into play.

ILS Live Steam Humidifiers: An Overview

ILS Live Steam Humidifiers from SteamOvap use steam from a central boiler, conditioning, and distributing it effectively in air handling units or air ducts. This technology allows precise control over the humidity levels.

Benefits of ILS Live Steam Humidifiers

Ease of Installation: Both ILS-P and ILS-SO models are designed for easy installation, reducing setup time and complexity.

Ease of Control: With an electronic controller and options for BACnet or Modbus RS485 communication, controlling your ILS humidifier is straightforward and user-friendly.

Durability: Constructed with robust materials and designed for long-term performance, ILS humidifiers are built to last, ensuring you get the most out of your investment.

Industry-leading Warranty: Confidence in the durability and performance of ILS humidifiers is backed by the industry’s longest warranty of 3 years, offering peace of mind and protection for your investment.

Why Choose SteamOvap Humidifiers?

ILS Live Steam Humidifiers offer an efficient, durable, and easy-to-control solution for humidification. With their ease of installation, robust construction, and industry-leading warranty, they represent a smart investment for any organization requiring precise humidity control. For more information on how ILS Live Steam Humidifiers can benefit your operations, contact us at Cooney Coil & Energy today.

Steam Heat Exchanger Optimization

by Caitlin B. | Apr 30, 2019 | Steam

Troubleshooting Heat Exchanger Performance

The primary key to avoiding premature failures of your steam-fed heat exchangers is to keep the heat exchangers completely purged of condensate at all times. If you are getting poor performance out of your heat exchanger, here are some troubleshooting ideas to pinpoint problematic areas of performance:

Clogged strainer
No drip trap
No separator, wet steam
No strainer
Pipe reducers
No vacuum breaker
No air vent
Damaged or dirty fins
CFM too high
Lifting after trap
Wrong coil selection
Coil not pitched
Wrong coil material
Wrong or failed trap (size/capacity/type)
Undersized condensate return pipe
No freeze protection valve
Wrong or failed control valve
Blockage in steam pipe
Carbonic acid corrosion

Our in-depth experience with replacing heat exchangers has proven that about 90% of the time it comes down to two most important issues to troubleshoot.

Lifting after the trap

A key thing to understand is that a trap is not a pump. If you take a look at the steam loop, and you are lifting condensate, in some modes of operations your heat exchanger will be in a ‘stall’ condition. This means when the steam pressure is modulated back due to low load requirements, there is not enough differential pressure to purge the heat exchanger of the condensate. Your heat exchanger is flooded and now the carbonic acid corrosion begins.

There are a few options that could be selected based on the application. If you have the room available, we can size and select an electric condensate pump package including isolation valves. This type of condensate pump would be able to get your condensate through the piping system back to your boiler instead of leaving it ‘stalled’ in your system.

Air Vent and/or Vaccum Breaker

The other major issue with steam heat exchanger equipment is not having an air vent and vacuum breaker. The inclusion of an air vent and vacuum breaker essentially allows the equipment to ‘breathe’. When equipment ‘breathes’, steam is able to properly enter and exit the heat exchanger. An air vent allows the air in the system to escape when filling the exchanger with steam. The vacuum breaker allows air in when the steam turns to condensate. These two additions to your steam system will prolong the life of your equipment because it will not allow the condensate to sit, again, creating carbonic acid corrosion.

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