Air
Handling Units 
Fläkt Woods has won one of its
largest ever turnkey contracts, matching the precise
air handling needs for Middlesbrough’s new
state-of-the-art College, on the Tees Valley’s
biggest regeneration site.
The £68m project will cater for a total of 20 000
students and more than 600 staff when it is
completed in summer 2008. The 32 000 square metre
building will play a key role in Tees Valley
Regeneration’s ambitious master plan for Middlehaven.
The Company is supplying 17 air handling units from
its EU2000 range. Most of the units are fitted with
the Fläkt Woods’ thermal wheel energy recovery
system, working in combination with a CoolMaster
evaporative humidifier. This unique configuration
will allow the College to reduce the peak cooling
load on the chiller by as much as 30-40%.
Coolmaster is an evaporative cooling system that
utilizes the evaporation of water to absorb excess
heat from the extract air. This heat is then
transferred to the supply air during cool weather
via a rotary heat exchanger, or “thermal wheel”, to
raise the incoming air temperature. During warmer
weather the temperature of the extract air is
reduced to below that of the incoming air and the
“coolth” transferred to the incoming air by the
thermal wheel. Using this method can normally reduce
the temperature of the supply air by some 4 or 5
degrees C.
The contract also includes the supply of chillers
and over 560 chilled beams from the new IQID range.
These vary in length from 1.8m to 3.0m. IQID is an
integrated system for ventilation, cooling and
heating, which can be adjusted almost like a ceiling
diffuser with a complete range of functions,
fulfilling most needs for indoor air climate.
Commenting on the contract award, Linden
Shuttleworth, sales manager at Fläkt Woods said “The
College has selected its air handling requirements
based on potential energy savings over the life-time
of the equipment. Fläkt Woods was selected because
it is able to offer a complete range of products
that match exactly the needs of the diverse
requirements of the new buildings.”
Laing O’Rourke is the main contractors on the
project, which will be open for students in
September 2008.
Email:
robert.gravener@ntlworld.com
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