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DESICCANT HUMIDITY CONTROL VAN

Introduction

The use of desiccant humidity control systems in industry has made the manufacturing of everyday products -- from life saving pharmaceuticals to candies and from windshield safety glass to contact lenses -- more reliable and profitable for cost conscious producers and more economical for value driven consumers

      • • Improved indoor air quality
      • • More productive working/comfortable living conditions
      • • Reduced moisture damage and remodeling/redecorating costs
      • • Reduced energy costs
      • • Reduced peak demands on electric utilities
      • • Natural gas load shifting to summer months
      • • Reduced global warming gas emissions

To learn more about desiccant technology and its applications, visit the websites shown in the links section.

To spread information about these desiccant systems and to broaden and accelerate their deployment, the U.S. Department of Energy has constructed a mobile exhibit featuring the advantages of desiccant humidity control van (DHCV).  It provides a first-hand experience of the comfortable aspects of active humidity control with desiccant systems.  The DHCV was available for display and demonstration at national, regional, and local meetings of trade associations, professional societies, and utility groups.  Information on the DHCV is summarized in the following sections:

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