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Rehab Facility Revives its Therapy Pool Room with New Dehumidification System

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

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