Coil Cleaning

External Coil Surface
Coils, both indoor and outdoor, should be cleaned regularly as part of an on-going maintenance program:
A build up of dirt on coils can cause increases in evaporating and condensing temperatures. The coils are the parts of the system where the heat transfer takes place and dirt on a coil will form a barrier to heat transfer -effectively insulating the coil. This will lead to an overall increase in the running costs of any refrigeration and air conditioning system.
Heavy dirt build up can also clog the coil and reduce the air flow: on indoor coils this will contribute to poor indoor air quality and can act as a source of contamination.

Evaporator Cleaners
The function of the indoor coil is to remove heat from mechanically circulated air. All of the air in the building will, in time, pass through these coils. Eventually, due to the large volumes of air that passes through the coil on a daily basis there will be an accumulation of dirt and possibly bacteria on the fins and tubes of the coil. Where no filters are used the problem of dust and contamination are of course much greater and regular cleaning is even more essential.

Condenser Cleaners
Air cooled condensers operate at a high temperature and the air entering them is rarely, if ever, filtered. They are often exposed to extremes of environmental conditions eg. in coastal areas, aluminium finned condensers particularly, are subject to corrosion by the saline atmosphere.
The dirt that accumulates on these coils comes from airborne particles, insects, leaves etc. which in conjunction with the high temperature of the coil can become "baked" on and prove very difficult to remove if not maintained on a regular basis.


Bel Airconditioning Ltd: Internal Climate Control Systems

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102 Albert Road West
Heaton
Bolton
BL1 5ED

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