Your HVAC systems play a crucial role in keeping your commercial and industrial facilities comfortable and functional year-round. However, without proper maintenance, they can become less efficient and more prone to costly breakdowns. One often overlooked yet vital maintenance task is coil cleaning. The coils within your building’s HVAC system are essential components of the cooling cycle. Keeping them clean can extend the life of your air handler while improving performance and efficiency. At AQUIS, we specialize in HVAC system optimization. One way we accomplish this is through an innovative commercial coil cleaning system we call Coil Restoration.
What is Coil Cleaning?
Coil cleaning involves thoroughly cleaning the evaporator coils, or cooling coils, of your building’s HVAC system. Over time, these coils collect dirt, dust, debris, and bacteria, forming colonies of biofilms which are highly resistant to conventional cleaning chemicals and ultimately hinder HVAC system performance. Regular cleaning ensures your systems run smoothly and efficiently.
Signs Your Coils Need Cleaning
Wondering if your HVAC coils need attention? Here are a few telltale signs:
- Underperforming Coils: Accumulated biofilm, dirt and debris on coils reduces heat transfer and compromises your ability to meet cooling demand.
- Poor Indoor Air Quality: Dirty condensate pans, coils and AHU interiors can cause a buildup of dust, debris, allergens, and even toxic molds and fungus, which can lead to health issues.
- High Energy Bills: Biofilm fouling can significantly impact cooling efficiency making coils more expensive to operate.
Our team can inspect your AHU coils and provide you with a game plan to help optimize your building HVAC system through a commercial coil cleaning process we call Coil & Tube Restoration to address these issues.
Benefits of Commercial Coil Cleaning
Regular coil cleanings offer several advantages:
- Prolonged HVAC lifespan: Clean coils reduce wear and tear, helping your system last longer.
- Improved energy efficiency: A clean system uses less energy, saving you money.
- Enhanced air quality: Removing biofilm fouling from coils helps to ensure better indoor air for building occupants.
The Impact of Coil Fouling on HVAC Systems
Neglecting your coils can lead to costly problems:
- Increased strain on the system: Dirt, dust, debris, and biofilms are examples of coil fouling that act as insulation on coils, making HVAC systems work harder, leading to potential breakdowns.
- Higher energy costs: An overworked system uses more energy, driving up bills.
- Poor indoor air quality: Industrial and commercial cooling coils can be an enormous breeding source for bacteria, fungi, and pathogenic growth that can circulate through your building, negatively impacting indoor air quality and occupant comfort.
Our commercial coil cleaning and optimization services can prevent these issues, keeping your HVAC systems reliable and efficient.
How Coil Restoration Works
Here’s what to expect when you work with us:
- Assessment: We conduct a comprehensive assessment of your AHU interiors, including the condition of your coils.
- Thorough cleaning: Our highly trained technicians apply an environmentally friendly probiotic solution combined with super-heated water to clean coils at a microscopic level, eliminating biofilms.
- Performance testing: Following completion of our cool cleaning process, we ensure coils are functioning at peak efficiency.
Professional coil cleaning with AQUIS Coil Restoration is significantly more effective than traditional cleaning methods and solutions. It restores operational integrity and efficiency to your coils and protects your investment.
Preventative Maintenance Tips
To ensure your air handlers are performing optimally for years to come, consider employing the following preventive maintenance approach:
- Schedule regular inspections: Routine checks can catch issues early.
- Preventative maintenance:
- Air Handler Refurbishment: Our patented and fully compliant systems extend AHU service life without the disruption and high cost of air handler replacement.
- Coil and Tube Restoration: A recognized ECM, our patented Coil and Tube Restoration processes utilize a high-performance probiotic technology to unlock lost coil capacity and drive measurable energy savings.
- Coil Monitoring with SmartCoil: Until now, there has been no effective way to quantify coil health. SmartCoil provides valuable insight into coil fouling level, coil capacity, energy consumption and more.
Contact Our Team at AQUIS
Don’t let aging air handlers and dirty coils shorten the life expectancy of your building HVAC systems. Reach out to our team at AQUIS today to schedule a complimentary assessment.
