Industrial Ceiling Fans For Warehouse

Industrial ceiling fans for warehouse is quite helpful for warehouse managers. Warehouse managers keep trying hard to find a perfect solution to create good ventilation conditions and appropriate temperature levels for stored goods while reducing energy costs in their large warehouses. Fortunately, Airtechz offers our industrial ceiling fans as a perfect solution for warehouse and agricultural applications.

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What Is Industrial Ceiling Fans/ HVLS Fans?

An industrial ceiling fan, also called an HVLS fan, refers to a type of large ceiling-hanging fan. HVLS fans have a large diameter, usually more than 2m wide. Its powerful motor works with large, reinforced fan blades to create a high volume of air while spinning at a low rotation speed.

Besides, industrial ceiling fans are usually used to cool the ambient environment and accelerate ventilation in large commercial and industrial places, such as warehouses, manufacturing plants, and outdoor areas. Furthermore, industrial ceiling fans can also be used to disperse hot air and improve the efficiency of heating systems in winter.

Why Use Industrial Ceiling Fans in Warehouses?

Industrial ceiling fans or HVLS fans are widely applied in warehouses by smart warehouse managers. There are some benefits as follows.

Create Ideal Storage Environment

Industrial ceiling fans are essential for warehouses, as they create a constant flow of air, lowering the temperature and humidity to appropriate levels. This helps to preserve goods in stock from molds and increases their lifespan – particularly for goods sensitive to hot temperatures, high humidity, and poor ventilation, such as clothes, paper products, wooden products, food, and beverages. Furthermore, industrial ceiling fans act as an exhaust, removing fumes, moisture, carbon dioxide, and bad air, while bringing in fresh air from the outdoors.

Improve Working Efficiency

Industrial ceiling fans are an ideal option for warehouse daily operation as they provide a high air volume with a low speed, creating a natural and comfortable breeze for staff. This cooled ambient environment helps reduce complaints from employees and positively impacts their working efficiency, particularly in summer hot seasons. Besides HVLS fans works silently which can also reduce the stress of employee.

Improve Heating Efficiency

Industrial ceiling fans for warehouses can effectively improve heating systems by large-scale air circulation. Hot air produced by room heaters or other HVAC systems tends to accumulate around the ceiling, while the temperature of the lower ground space is relatively lower. HVLS fans create moderate air circulation and drive hot air from the ceiling to the lower ground space, thus increasing the ground temperature and reducing energy waste from overloaded HVAC systems.

Reduce Energy Cost

Industrial ceiling fans adopt a high standard outer rotor system with a high-torque, energy-saving motor and fans with a large blade span. They create a large air volume for a warehouse at low power consumption levels during long-term operation. Their motor power values range from hundreds of Watts to a maximum of 2KW, which are smaller than those of many residential small electronics such as coffee makers, toasters, and air conditioners.

Compared With Other Cooling Products For Warehouse

Industrial Ceiling Fans VS Commercial Air Conditioning System/ VRF

Commercial air conditioning systems have effective temperature control and can cool the warehouse space effectively in a short time. However, the power consumption of an air conditioner is higher than that of industrial ceiling fans. Moreover, air conditioners require more sealed/isolated inner space to protect conditioned indoor air from outside hot air, while warehouses need ventilation and have multiple entrances, windows, and openings for goods and people to pass through. This makes it difficult to isolate heat exchanges between indoors and outdoors, as well as to keep stable indoor conditioned air. On the other hand, air conditioning systems are better for cooling smaller spaces and can provide much more precise temperature control. They are also more expensive than ceiling fans and require more sophisticated installation and maintenance.

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HVLS Fans VS Evaporative Air Cooler

Better Humidity Control

HVLS fans can slightly decrease humidity in a warehouse through consistent air circulation. Evaporative air cooler fans also have a good cooling effect on the warehouse but meanwhile, some air coolers increase the humidity of warehouse spaces. High humidity environment could be a disaster for some goods storage, such as textiles, tea, wooden products, and electronics. Obviously, an evaporative air cooler is more suitable for outdoor cooling applications in some dried places that require humidity.

Easier Installation And Less Maintenance

Industrial ceiling fans are easy to install, have a long lifespan, and require little maintenance after installation. On the other hand, the installation of evaporative air coolers is a bigger project, and it requires more maintenance since installation, including the periodic cleaning of air filters, replacement of evaporative pads, ensuring an adequate water level, etc.

Industrial Ceiling Fans VS Industrial Exhaust Fans

HVLS fans cover large spaces and have better cooling performance than industrial exhaust fans. Since HVLS fans have quite big fan blades and make large air volumes as it works. While industrial exhaust fans are designed to remove indoor air and smoke and bring in fresh air outdoors. And exhaust fans have higher rotating speed and higher pressure but less air volume.

How to Select HVLS Fans For Warehouses

Determine the size of the warehouse: The size of the warehouse will determine the number and size of the HVLS fans you need to purchase.
Calculate the airflow needs: Calculate the airflow needs based on the size of the warehouse and the amount of heat that needs to be dissipated from the facility.
Consider the height of the ceiling: When selecting HVLS fans, consider the height of the ceiling in the warehouse as this will affect the fan’s performance.
Determine the number of fans needed: After calculating the airflow needs of the warehouse, you can determine the number of fans you need to purchase.
Consider the type of motor: When selecting an HVLS fan, consider the type of motor that the fan has. Motors with higher power ratings will be more efficient and powerful.