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If you want to beat the summer heat, but can’t wait for new ventilation equipment to be ordered and installed, here are a few quick fixes for your ventilation system that you may be able to do right now to improve the air flow in your facility to reduce the productivity robbing effect of the …

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Eldridge recently worked with Restaurant Startup and Growth Magazine on an article to help their readers determine the path required for safer ventilation to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.  After the magazine came out with the above article, we were requested by RestaurantOwner.com  to be a part of a webinar roundtable on the topic of …

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In Part 2:  Reading a Psychrometric Chart, I demonstrated how to read a psychrometric chart by using any two air conditions to find other parameters.  In the third and final part of this Pschryo Series, we will be applying psychrometrics to solve a common problem with cold storage facilities. Humidity and Cold Storage Don’t Mix A …

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In Part 1:  Demistifying Psychrometrics, I provided the scientific definition and a little explanation for the terms used in psychrometrics.  In the second part of this series, we will use these terms and learn how to read a psychrometric chart.  Psychrometric Chart A psychrometric chart packs a tremendous amount of information in an odd looking …

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I hope you got the intentional misspelling of the first word in the title.  It’s a bad dad joke thing, but I get accused of that a lot.  The word psychrometrics sounds intimidating and it has an even more intimidating definition:  the field of engineering concerned with the physical and thermodynamic properties of gas-vapor mixtures.  …

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A long-time OEM customer of Eldridge’s had a unique design idea for a rail car washing and drying system.  While other manufacturers were offering a two spindle system, one for washing and one for drying, our customer’s design incorporated the washing and drying functions into one spindle that made their system operationally more efficient.  In …

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Recently, a major Oil Company customer returned to Eldridge to replace a failing explosion proof desiccant dehumidifier that we had designed and supplied over 20 years ago.  With our current desiccant dehumidifier manufacturing partner, Innovative Air Technologies (IAT), we provided a more robust and advanced unit while meeting the explosion proof requirements and customer specifications. …

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In Part 1:  Why, How and What, of this series, I discussed why more ventilation is needed, how much is required and what type of filtration should be used.  In Part 2, I’ll discuss what needs to be considered to redesign an existing ventilation system to add more air flow and HEPA filtration. Adding HEPA Filtration …

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As the United States begins to open up, one of the biggest concerns is how do we keep people safe in places like schools and offices.   Social distancing and wearing protective gear is obviously part of the solution to minimize the potential for transmission.  But preliminary studies out of Asia found that the COVID-19 …

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