Novel Aire’s series of dehumidifiers and 100% make-up air
units revolve around the basic concept of combining desiccant dehumidification
with DX cooling to provide energy efficient dehumidification. NovelAire has developed a proprietary
desiccant wheel that is the heart of the DES/DX series. The NovelAire DES wheel
is optimized to dehumidify low temperature, high humidity air (such as that
coming for an evaporator coil) utilizing low temperature regeneration
heat. With this breakthrough, waste condenser
heat can be used to effectively reactivate the DES wheel and deliver low
dewpoint air. Compared to traditional
dehumidification systems that overcool the air followed by reheat, the DES/DX
concept can realize up to 40% operating cost savings.