When conditioning large amounts of very cold, very warm, or humid outdoor air, energy recovery becomes especially important. Exhaust air energy recovery provides these economic benefits:
Lower operating costs: Energy recovery increases system efficiency.
Lower installed systems costs: Energy recovery reduces mechanical cooling and heating loads and, therefore, reduces the required capacities of cooling and heating components.
Valent's focus on energy recovery design, construction, and control has been rewarded with thousands of successful installations that are energy-efficient, durable, and that improve indoor air quality.
Optimized energy recovery is critical for high outdoor air applications. Rely on Valent to do it well.
Valent is known for offering a broad selection of energy recovery technologies. When choosing for a specific application, priorities usually fall into three areas:
HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM |
Polymer or aluminum |
ENTHALPY RECOVERY |
Best |
INTERNAL PRESSURE DROP |
Moderate |
LEAKAGE ACROSS AIRSTREAMS |
Some |
MAINTENANCE |
Some |
Available on Valent VXE and VPRE units
HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM |
Polymer |
ENTHALPY RECOVERY |
Better |
INTERNAL PRESSURE DROP |
High |
LEAKAGE ACROSS AIRSTREAMS |
Low |
MAINTENANCE |
Low |
Available on Valent VPRC units
HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM |
Aluminum |
SENSIBLE RECOVERY |
Good |
INTERNAL PRESSURE DROP |
Low |
LEAKAGE ACROSS AIRSTREAMS |
Almost none |
MAINTENANCE |
Almost none |
Available on Valent VPRP units