Case Study
Rehab Facility Revives its Therapy Pool Room with New Dehumidification System
Rehab Facility Revives its Therapy Pool Room with New Dehumidification System Problem A well-known rehabilitation hospital in Chicago contained a room with five extensively used therapy pools. Therapy pool rooms present different challenges than normal indoor pool rooms. Therapy pool water temperature is typically maintained in the 90-degree F range with air blowers agitating the water for a therapeutic effect. Also, while room temperatures are set for patient comfort, therapists working in these rooms find air temperatures over 78 degrees F oppressive. In almost every case, therapy pool rooms present very large moisture loads in relatively small-volume rooms. At this rehab facility, the original dehumidification system was misapplied initially and was not intended for the specific conditi