Challenges of different applications
Peerless Blowers is a specialist in industrial and commercial ventilation. The company offers different models adapted to various needs. In fact, Peerless Blowers has designed products to meet a variety of applications, as each environment has its own ventilation challenges.
We take a look at some of these applications for you to understand the challenges of each one that Peerless Blowers has the solution for. There are a myriad of uses for a Peerless Blower, and they aim to provide the best products for the critical air management and climate control challenges encountered in just about any industry or human activity.
CAR WASH
At first glance, car wash airflow applications may seem like nothing more than car dryers at the end of the wash, but there are many other critical airflows to consider. Abundant tunnel ventilation air, waste heat and fume removal, comfort air for waiting areas, and equipment room air management are all areas where Peerless Blowers systems excel.
Long or continuous duty cycles, engine and chemical exhaust, high humidity and near 100% uptime demands are all aggressive challenges faced by car wash ventilation applications. These systems must evolve with weather conditions and customer volume changes, in addition to providing energy efficient performance to minimize operating costs.
High efficiency, continuous air service
Car wash facilities often require dawn-to-dusk or 24-hour operation to support their constant flow of customers. Continuous duty cycles must be as energy efficient as possible, especially when sustainable (“green”) building goals are involved. Reliability is also paramount, as a single fan out of service can prevent the entire car wash from operating.
Dirty exhaust air
Car wash applications run the gamut of volatile exhaust streams, from gasoline and diesel engine exhaust to chemical vapors, combined low and high temperature/high humidity/high velocity streams, and even airborne particles and vapors from the road. To complicate matters, local building codes and OSHA require certain exhaust performance for the protection of employees and guests, making the selection of ventilation equipment all the more important.
Long corrosion-free life
Any type of corrosion or component degradation in car wash ventilation equipment can directly compromise the performance, safety and reliability of the entire HVAC system protecting your employees and guests. For this reason, the equipment is expected to be highly resistant to corrosion from the many high moisture, smoke and particulate streams present in these applications, for long life with minimal maintenance requirements.
DATA CENTER
If today’s world runs on the Internet, then the Internet runs on the integrity and availability of data centers around the world. Data and technology centers contain millions of dollars of equipment that require high quality clean air to maintain optimal operation. Peerless Blowers meets your digital infrastructure needs with several fan and blower options designed to meet these critical applications.
Data center facilities have a mix of ventilation and equipment needs that ensure good air quality, ranging from display and electrical equipment rooms, office and meeting spaces, to utility and mechanical rooms. These sensitive spaces require dust-free, static-free, temperature-controlled air delivery provided by ultra-reliable equipment.
Expectations for zero failure
Data centers, head-end facilities, distribution centers and switching stations are among our most critical communication services, requiring no systemic failures in their infrastructure. Ultra-reliable equipment installed in redundant failover schemes are the minimum design criteria for these facilities.
High Performance Continuous Service Air
Data centers often require 24/7 operation to support both their staff and the contents of their sensitive equipment. Continuous duty cycles must be as energy efficient as possible, especially when LEED energy certification and sustainability goals are involved.
Process Heating and Cooling Air
To supply mechanical equipment or exhaust air serving utility systems in data centers, special air handling equipment is required. These applications have distinct pressure, volume, temperature, air content, safety and performance requirements that cannot be met by general purpose ventilation equipment, requiring specially designed solutions for these tasks.
KITCHENS
Your common commercial kitchen often contains several ventilation needs, each for a specific station or task – for example, range hoods, ovens, fryer hoods, clean air supply, dishwashers, prep counter hoods, and storage areas. Peerless Blowers offers models designed for all of these applications, with configurable options and safety features to meet your specific needs.
Kitchen air handling presents a unique combination of conditions not served by general commercial equipment – high temperature, particulate, grease and oil, powder and dust, and all manner of vapors make the selection of kitchen blowers particularly nuanced.
Clean Air Supply
Fresh air drawn into the food handling areas of the kitchen should be filtered and monitored to remove any outside air contaminants that may affect customers or open food products.
Dirty exhaust air
Exhaust applications tend to be more complicated than make-up air applications, involving contaminants such as airborne food particles, hot exhaust gases, water and grease vapors, and all kinds of fumes.
Noise Sensitivity
Your kitchen ventilation should be done with a minimum of mechanical fan or air noise that distracts employees and guests, affecting their experience and detracting from your ambiance.
METALWORKING
Metalworking applications have three unique airflow requirements: to provide sufficient clean process air (free of contaminating foreign matter), to provide reliable clean air to workers, and to quickly remove fumes and materials from the manufacturing space. Peerless Blowers offers several models to tackle these heavy-duty applications, each with multiple efficiency, safety and performance options.
High temperatures, toxic gases and vapors, and frequent start-stop operation cycles are all related to the metalworking application territory, making fan selection and overall system design for these processes especially critical.
High efficiency, continuous air service
Metalworking facilities often require 24/7 operation to support both their personnel and their automated manufacturing machines. Continuous duty cycles must be as energy efficient as possible, especially when sustainable (“green”) manufacturing goals are involved.
Unique Application Customization
Metalworking applications can be as varied as they are demanding, frequently requiring unique, custom air handling systems to meet product-specific equipment and process needs. Manufacturing environments and harsh operating conditions may require additional customization to ensure that the equipment operates reliably for many years.
Dirty exhaust air
Exhaust applications tend to be more complicated than make-up air applications, involving contaminants such as airborne metal particles, high-temperature waste heat, coolant vapor and all varieties of fumes. Dirty exhaust streams from some welding and manufacturing processes are particularly important to manage properly to ensure employee health and regulatory compliance (OSHA, local/public health agencies), as with hexavalent chromium fumes.
GENERAL HVAC
Air handling systems for offices, warehouses, retail centers and any other general commercial HVAC application require a unique combination of high efficiency features, dynamic environmental control and extended life. Whether your project requires single fan make-up or clean air exhaust, custom air handling systems or utility exhaust, Peerless Blowers offers several configurable models.
Heating, cooling and ventilation of occupied spaces represent a significant portion of a building’s energy demand, making the selection of general commercial HVAC ventilation units essential to achieving LEED-level energy efficiency and overall air quality and low noise requirements.
Clean Air Supply
Fresh air handled by general commercial HVAC systems must be filtered and controlled to remove any outside air contaminants that may affect customers, employees or stored goods.
High energy efficiency
The US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification is quickly becoming the global standard for environmentally responsible design and retrofit of commercial buildings. HVAC equipment falls under these requirements.
Noise Sensitivity
Ventilation in your general commercial space should be done with minimal mechanical fan or air noise that distracts employees and customers, impacting their visit or workday, and hindering your team’s concentration and productivity.
