Within the wide range of air conditioning systems that can be used in order to create a comfortable climate at entrances and inside a room, protect yourself from heat or cold, repel insects or prevent the entry of dust, fumes and pollution. There are the unknown and very daily air curtains.
In this article we will explain what the air curtains, what are their applications and most notable technical characteristics and how they contribute to improve energy efficiency when installed in a room or in a building.
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Air curtains are ventilation equipment that they release a jet of air creating an invisible barrier between inside and outside getting can maintain the thermal or ambient conditions different, without losing energy and allowing the passage or access to a specific location for people and vehicles.
As we have seen in the image, incorporate these air conditioning systems for premises, offices, supermarkets, companies, etc. It is a great advantage! for energy saving.
So… What are the curtains for? air? The main function and objective is to avoid energy losses in premises by means of a screen of air in spaces where there is a continuous transit of people, which are completely open or in which performs a continuous opening of the access doors, avoiding heat losses provided by the equipment air conditioning available in the building, the premises or a housing.
Therefore, they contribute to maintaining the temperature and the comfort conditions inside it, achieving important savings in the consumption of heating and cooling, but, they have many more functions…
The air curtain has multiple applications and advantages, not only for commercial premises, offices, administrative buildings, etc. So let's go review the strengths…
These systems for controlling the air in a entrance can be placed in different ways depending on technical and site needs; from elements in horizontal at the top of the door, to the elements verticals anchored in the frames.
But... How does an air curtain work? It is a compact unit that has a grid of air inlet, (which acts as a filter in some cases and protects the rest of the equipment from the entry of dust), so that, once the air enters, it is compressed by some fans that it has inside and directed by the mouthpiece towards the lower area of the hole where it is placed.
In most cases, the air curtain vertical are installed on top of the shaft and they throw the air downwards, although they can also be installed to the sides to throw the air to the sides of it. In the image shows two cases of assembly and installation different, with the air curtain horizontal and in vertical.
Depending on the type of air movement they provide, there are also two types of light curtain equipment air different; those of recirculation and those of no recirculation.
In the former, the environment is collected and channeled to return to the air curtain and are much more efficient and more expensive. These are the best air curtains!
In this case, the air is discharged directly into the environment, being less efficient but the installation is cheaper.
Regarding their operation, they can be continuous or that activate automatically when the doors are opened by through a home automation equipment. So, in this case, It will have sensors that allow it to detect when the door is open and start the equipment.
Although technology each year provides new types of machinery that are increasingly efficient and that provide new capabilities or are complemented by others. to big features according to the device that we are going to use and its location, we have the following types of curtains air:
Among these variations, it must be taken into account that according to the height of the door or access to the space, you will need equipment that adequately covers the relationship between speed and air distribution. An example of variations:
They can be applied to any type of premises, establishment, building or facility that, due to its needs, requires maintaining climatic conditions, health and hygiene, etc, highlighting the following:
In the following video we can see several cases different from the places in which they have been placed:
The following conditions must be taken into account when time to choose the type of air curtains verticals more suitable to the needs of our local:
We must assess what demands our company must meet curtain since there can be a combination of very varied in the aforementioned aspects, depending in many cases on conditions such as temperature difference with the outside, the presence of drafts or strong wind, pressure differences, etc.
Regarding the ideal or most adequate placement of the There can be several cases themselves, so that we can have some situations that can be more or less favorable, which depends on the presence of other doors or openings to the outside that the premises have, as shown in the image.
Note: The images provided in this post are from the Airtécnics portal. and let's remember that are a good alternative to AA equipment, such as We commented in the article on damage caused and consequences of the air conditioning when we use it little effective and coherent.
