Dallas Firm Moves From Field-Built To Packaged Dehumidifiers For Pools
That was the decision mechanical engineer, Robert E. (Ed) Cliver, P.E., principal, Estes McClure Associates Inc. (EMA) had to make recently while designing the 21,000-square-foot natatorium at Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD with a 120- by 75-foot indoor pool in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton, Texas.
Cliver initially designed a generic field-system design that combined an air handler using coils coated with an anti-corrosion enamel, a remote condensing unit, and a reheat system that would use compressor heat to warm much of the pool water to 82 degrees F. EMA, a Tyler, Texas-based mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology (MEPT) engineering firm with hundreds of general school HVAC systems completed throughout Texas, New Mexico, Maryland, Virginia, Oklahoma, and Monterrey, Mexico, had used a similar strategy in other schools with success.