APPLICATION: Bowling Alleys
FFPs - Frequently Faced Problems

As "bowling" is an extremely strenuous sport, bowlers tend to sweat profusely even though the bowling area is conditioned. Sweating makes the 'bowler' highly uncomfortable. Low temperature also causes moisture/humidity buildup, resulting in mold growth, which damages the structure and furnishing of the area and also gives out unpleasant odour.

General Recommendation :

The relative humidity in the Bowling Alleys should be maintained at 30± 5% at about -16 ° C.

Our Solution :

Bowling an extremely popular sport in the west is fast catching up in Asia, Middle East, Indian subcontinent - Bowling alleys are coming up with almost all Holiday Resorts … Hotels-Clubs…etc.

Modern state-of-the-art Bowling Alleys are totally air-conditioned and handle at least 50 or more 'bowlers' at any given time. Bowling" though a pleasure sport is extremely strenuous. It's common for bowlers to sweat profusely even though the bowling area is conditioned. Sweating makes 'bowler' uncomfortable.

Another, more serious and long-term damaging problem for the owners is the general damage to structure and furnishing of the area itself. Since the bowling area has a lot transient human load, the sensible heat load has extreme peaks and valleys. Thus, while the sensible load fluctuates, the moisture loads, on the other hand, remain constant, because fresh moist air is brought in constantly.

The conventional cooling system typically switches odd after lowering the temperature causing moisture/ Humidity to build up, resulting in mold growth which not only damages the furnishing and structure but also give out unpleasant odour.

The Solution

Dry makeup air with desiccant dehumidifier, so that moisture/ humidity levels are controlled and the conditioned space is maintained at - 16°C and 30+5% RH…. and sweating is prevented.

This provides comfort condition for the "bowler" as well as reduces maintenance cost for the owner. Needless to mention, Bry-Air dehumidifiers have been used to solve this problem 'comfortably'.