Air humidification Technical, health and energy aspects
By publishing this book, CAREL aims to promote understanding of the phenomena relating to air humidification and encourage the practice of humidification in rooms and industrial processes, a field the company has been specialising for over 30 years.
The presence of moisture in the air, defined as atmospheric humidity, is essential for our existence; and yet it is frequently ignored, as our body is much more sensitive, for example, to temperature or wind speed.
However, a lack of humidity in the atmosphere has harmful effects for the reproduction and the conservation of life.
We all suffer, without realising, the effects of an insufficient level of humidity: take for example the electric discharges when touching synthetic garments or door handles, especially when walking on carpets or synthetic flooring.
Food quickly loses its firmness, suppleness and weight, to the detriment of consumers and, most of all, traders.
Works of art and wooden furniture suffer harmful cracks and rapidly degrade if the space they are housed in is heated in winter without appropriate humidification.
Many industrial processes are negatively affected by inadequate humidity levels, with significant economic repercussions, a well known fact among specialists.
THE AUTHORS
Renato Lazzarin (b. Belluno 1949) is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Padova, chairman of the technical committee that organises the AICARR conferences in Padova, Bari and Catania, and science editor for the magazine Condizionamento dell'aria.
Luigi Nalini (b. Roma 1946) ) is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the "La Sapienza" University in Rome, was R&D manager at the "Centro Studi HIROSS", Technical Manager first at the HIROSS International Group and later at Uniflair, and is currently managing director of the CAREL group.
This work is aimed above all at designers, providing them a valid source of in-depth information on all aspects of ambient humidification. Scientific knowledge of ambient humidity and the instruments used to control it is essential in many industrial processes and, moreover, helps improve the well-being of everyone in the working environment and, in general, the quality of life.
The book will also be published in English by the end of 2004.
Please send us an e-mail with your details and the applications relating to the humidification system you are interested in, to training@carel.com. We will contact you with details on how to obtain a copy of the publication.
