With temperatures across the country inching towards the triple digits this summer, commercial and industrial HVAC systems are working overtime to keep indoor temperatures stable and comfortable. Unfortunately, built-up scale can significantly impact these cooling systems’ ability to chill hot or humid air. As a result, HVAC systems often experience deterioration during the summer months, leading to not only uncomfortable indoor temperatures for employees and visitors, but also excessively high utility bills.
Cooling towers and air conditioning units are often put through much longer operating hours when outdoor temperatures are high, which ultimately means an increased amount of cooling cycles. Each time water is flushed through these cycles, mineral deposits can concentrate and gradually build up within the HVAC equipment.
This increased strain may not be visible to the naked eye at first, but over time this scale causes reduced system performance and sometimes even complete equipment failure. Furthermore, inefficient HVAC systems with neglected scale buildup require more power to achieve the same level of cooling, leading to excessive energy consumption. During the summer months, when utility bills are already higher than usual, this additional financial strain can be significant.
Poor HVAC system maintenance in commercial and industrial environments can also cause serious concerns. Cooling systems experiencing long-term scale build up often struggle to regulate indoor temperatures at all, easily leading to excessively hot working conditions. This lack of proper ventilation is a concern for employees and often causes general production downtime while equipment undergoes maintenance.
Neglecting scale build up until it’s too late creates long-term and expensive problems. In fact, data shows that operating costs can increase as much as 18 – 25% without regular descaling of equipment. Preventative maintenance, such as routine descaling before summer temperatures hit, helps prevent these mid-season emergencies and their hefty price tags. Wheelhouse Industries specializes in helping customers find descaling products and equipment suited for their equipment’s unique needs.
Commercial HVAC systems utilizing enhanced tubes cannot be easily cleaned using a mechanical cleaner. Instead, using chemical cleaning on these tubes ensures that deposits are removed down to the base metal. Additionally, most of these tubes are typically made from copper-brass alloy, which can be damaged when using a hydrochloric or phosphoric-based acid in the descaling process. Even if tubes don’t become damaged or pitted by these chemicals, there is a risk of the tube material leaching into the solution during the cleaning process. When leaching occurs, the disposal of the waste product becomes hazardous.
That threat, as well as damage to enhanced tubes, won’t happen with Quantum Organic Descaler. We use 100% ingredients from living organisms to manufacture our line of Quantum descaling products. This patent-pending formulation is as effective as traditional chemical descalers and has earned a certified BioPreferred rating of 97%, proving it is safe for the environment, equipment, and employees.