JS Humidifiers has recently supplied three Neptronic SKE resistive steam humidifiers to the Derby Quad, the new landmark arts centre in the heart of Derby. The humidifiers are supplying steam to air handling units in the building to maintain the humidity in the art gallery, art stores and cinema projection rooms.

The recently opened £11M Derby Quad combines an art gallery, cinema, café bar and workshops to produce a central hub for arts and culture in the region. The humidifier installations at the development were undertaken by mechanical and electrical services contractor Balfour Kilpatrick.

Balfour Kilpatrick’s Nottingham office based technical services manager, comments, “The Quad requires close control of air conditions, both temperature and humidity, in the projection room to preserve the film media, and the art gallery and art stores for the paintings. Furthermore, the humidity has to be maintained at a consistent 45-55%rH in the art gallery, over the initial 12 months that the Quad is opened, in order to satisfy insurance companies’ requirements for the displaying of valuable exhibits.”

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The Neptronic SKE resistive steam humidifier offers very close control of humidity to ±1%rH when used with RO water and ±2%rH when used with regular mains water. The tight control results from the self-cleaning heating elements resisting limescale build-up and therefore delivering consistent heat to the water across any 24 hour period.

The humidifier is very compact, has a small footprint and a wide 5-80kg of steam per hour output. It has quality construction with very few spares required and no consumable plastic components.

Unlike electrode boiler type humidifiers, resistive steam humidifiers do not incorporate disposable boiling cylinders and are therefore much cheaper to maintain. The Neptronic SKE has a stainless steel evaporation chamber where the limescale collects after falling from the scale-resistant heating elements. The chambers have a lifetime guarantee and are easily drained, disconnected and emptied of limescale.

JS Humidifiers is the UK’s largest humidification company with the widest range of products and offers a service of advice, design, supply, installation and maintenance. It also offers a comprehensive range of humidifier spares, not only for JS equipment but also for a large range of different manufacturers’ humidifiers, mostly available ex-stock.

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