Drying chamber
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robert roman
Bob Roman
“We have a problem with the wind blowing everything around and thought this might help.”
A little cause and effect first.
Is the “wind” forced air produced by dryer blowers or Mother Nature’s “wind” blowing into the tunnel exit end?
A little cause and effect first.
Is the “wind” forced air produced by dryer blowers or Mother Nature’s “wind” blowing into the tunnel exit end?
robert roman
Bob Roman
“Have air lift vinyl exit door, but when dryers are on, it is like a typhoon.”
This implies its positive pressure from producers that is causing things to blow around.
So, a drying chamber would not be best method to resolve problem because its main purpose is to separate the wet area of the tunnel from dry area to achieve a dryer car. Any reduction in turbulence would be secondary benefit.
If the producers are equipped with cone or duct-shaped nozzles, a dryer system with contour design and blade style nozzles might be a better choice.
This implies its positive pressure from producers that is causing things to blow around.
So, a drying chamber would not be best method to resolve problem because its main purpose is to separate the wet area of the tunnel from dry area to achieve a dryer car. Any reduction in turbulence would be secondary benefit.
If the producers are equipped with cone or duct-shaped nozzles, a dryer system with contour design and blade style nozzles might be a better choice.
Washmee
Fullservice Tunnel
robert roman
Bob Roman
This is what you said first.
“We have a problem with the wind blowing everything around and thought this might help.”
“…we get wind from both directions. Have air lift vinyl exit door, but when dryers are on, it is like a typhoon.”
Typhoon is a bad thing like high wind and turbulence from a hurricane.
“Depending on wind direction, a lot of mist from rinse arch, even r/o rinse is pushed into drying area, being sucked up by dryers and dispensed on cars.”
So, wind “blowing everything around” is really a problem of wet car caused by too much moisture in ambient air.
“Intakes face exit. Door is shut between cars…..we are drawing air (with mist) into the intakes.”
So, you believe intake is the problem and want to solve by installing drying chamber.
Intake isn’t the problem because it doesn’t create the moisture, the nozzle holders on the rinse arches do.
Drying agents work by interfering with the negatively charged water molecules tendency to attach to vehicle surface. So, misting problem is worse with spot-free because it doesn’t contain a hydrophobic agent.
Formation of negatively charged water drops happens anytime water is sprayed. If you don’t believe me, I can explain the science.
When water drop strikes a surface, what happens next depends on the contact angle the drop makes with surface.
A contact angle of zero degrees (like water on untreated glass) would result in a complete wetting of surface. An angle of 180 degrees would result in complete repulsion of the liquid by the surface.
So, misting can be greatly reduced by changing from spray to rainfall pattern.
“We have a problem with the wind blowing everything around and thought this might help.”
“…we get wind from both directions. Have air lift vinyl exit door, but when dryers are on, it is like a typhoon.”
Typhoon is a bad thing like high wind and turbulence from a hurricane.
“Depending on wind direction, a lot of mist from rinse arch, even r/o rinse is pushed into drying area, being sucked up by dryers and dispensed on cars.”
So, wind “blowing everything around” is really a problem of wet car caused by too much moisture in ambient air.
“Intakes face exit. Door is shut between cars…..we are drawing air (with mist) into the intakes.”
So, you believe intake is the problem and want to solve by installing drying chamber.
Intake isn’t the problem because it doesn’t create the moisture, the nozzle holders on the rinse arches do.
Drying agents work by interfering with the negatively charged water molecules tendency to attach to vehicle surface. So, misting problem is worse with spot-free because it doesn’t contain a hydrophobic agent.
Formation of negatively charged water drops happens anytime water is sprayed. If you don’t believe me, I can explain the science.
When water drop strikes a surface, what happens next depends on the contact angle the drop makes with surface.
A contact angle of zero degrees (like water on untreated glass) would result in a complete wetting of surface. An angle of 180 degrees would result in complete repulsion of the liquid by the surface.
So, misting can be greatly reduced by changing from spray to rainfall pattern.
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FWIW where I have a shorter Tunnel I hung a curtain (well 2 each half the width of the tunnel with a slight overlap) a couple of feet in front of the intakes whioch face the rinse area.
Intakes could face the oter way but in the winter their might be an issue of drawing in really cold air.
Have one rain bar at one place but it doesn't give the best rinse on the sides.
Intakes could face the oter way but in the winter their might be an issue of drawing in really cold air.
Have one rain bar at one place but it doesn't give the best rinse on the sides.
