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		<title>Climate control &#8211; fancoils</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my first post on air conditioning I &#8216;ve learned a lot about this topic.  Most importantly: it&#8217;s not at all that simple to create a system that&#8217;s really comfortable and pleasant and easy to maintain.  A few formulas you can find online to calculate how many btu&#8217;s (KW&#8217;s) of cooling capacity you need only go so far.  What about [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since my first post on air conditioning I &#8216;ve learned a lot about this topic.  Most importantly: it&#8217;s not at all that simple to create a system that&#8217;s really comfortable and pleasant and easy to maintain.  A few formulas you can find online to calculate how many btu&#8217;s (KW&#8217;s) of cooling capacity you need only go so far.  What about fresh air capacity, cooling and reheating that same fresh air? Measuring /adjusting the mix.  Condensation in ducts.  In short, a lot of issues.   </p>
<p>The Ft. Lauderdale boatshow was a good source of info where I visited the stand of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nrkoeling.nl/eng_index.php" title="NR Koeling air handling systems">NR Koeling</a> which gave some very good advice.</p>
<p>Initially I had kind of figured out a system of Webasto (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.expeditionyacht.org/?p=15" title="A typical chiller with airhandler setup by Webasto">see my first post</a>). Made in Germany so good stuff.  But, NR Koeling highly recommends systems from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.veco.net" title="Climma airconditioning">Climma</a> (Italy), specially designed for maritime use while they added a few tricks of their own.<br />
<img src="http://www.expeditionyacht.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/climmma-comp.jpg" alt="fancoil unit with compressor  - we will have airhandler only and a compressor (chiller) in the engine room" /><br />
But, with the Euro/USD exchange rate going out of control,  I&#8217;ve also been looking for US-based hardware solutions and one good option seems to be Marine Air systems by Dometic.  Actually the mega yacht Perle Blue by Hakvoort actually has a Marine Air system which was designed by Heinen &amp; Hopman, another great name in marine airco system design.</p>
<p>So,  the jury is still out on that.  It seems, however, that Marine Air has much smaller off-the-shelve fresh air handler units which may be very convenient in our situation where 2-3 of such fresh air units would solve a few issues.</p>
<p>So, still an open book.</p>
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