Comfort Cooling
Fan coils are one of the most popular types of air conditioning systems used in new build and refurbished commercial premises.
CIBSE Guide B2 describes a fan coil unit as “a packaged assembly comprising heating and cooling coil(s), condensate tray collection, circulating fan and filter, all contained in a single housing”. The fan recirculates air from the space continuously through the coil(s) either directly or via the void in which the fan coil is located. A separate chiller provides chilled water and a central air handling unit provides tempered fresh air.
The majority of fan coil installations use ceiling void mounted units, although a significant number of projects specify vertical chassis/recessed or cased units.
Biddle have a variety of fan coil ranges, comprising various sizes and styles of unit, suitable for different applications and type of project.
Advantages
Whilst there are a number of alternative air conditioning systems fan coils have some distinct advantages :
- relatively low capital equipment cost
- comparatively small in size
- offer individual control
- flexible to cater for changes in use of office space, partitioning etc
Applications
Commercial buildings eg. offices, hotels, airports, hospitals etc
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