| If you have ever attended a large outdoor event | | | | place in a more efficient and productive way. |
| or noticed the sidelines during a television football | | | | The whole system begins with water. Water |
| match, then you must've surely seen the misting | | | | pressure is generated to reach a rating of 1000 |
| fans in action. In some shopping malls and similar | | | | PSI (pounds per square inch) by using special high |
| places, the misting fans would be surrounded by | | | | pressure pumps. The water is spurted out |
| open canvas flaps and are promoted as chill | | | | through extreme fine nozzle openings in the pump. |
| zones. The misting fans have the capability to | | | | These water droplets are micron sized owing to |
| make the air surrounding it to 40 degree | | | | the nozzle size. As a result of this, a thin mist is |
| Fahrenheit cooler than the normal temperature. | | | | created around the system. This mist would |
| These misting systems are capable of bringing | | | | evaporate immediately as it comes into contact |
| down the temperature within minutes of | | | | with warm ambient air and heat. As the micron |
| operation. | | | | sized droplets take in heat energy along with |
| If the misting fan is used in a closed environment | | | | them, the air temperature is dropped drastically. |
| like the green house, it initially cools the whole | | | | The fan in front of the system would blow the |
| area and thereby providing high degree of | | | | cooled air and mist for a very long distance. |
| humidity for the plants. The misting devices are | | | | As discussed earlier, the mist produced by the |
| even utilized in some specialty stores for keeping | | | | misting fan is so fine and due to this there are no |
| the offering fresh for the customers. Such cooling | | | | chances of the surrounding areas to become wet. |
| systems can provide a great shopping experience | | | | The effect would be very similar like standing in a |
| for outdoor product stands with their air | | | | light fog. The water would probably condense on |
| conditioning effect. Evaporative cooling and | | | | cold surfaces but it would be barely felt on the |
| thermal dynamics are the basic working principles | | | | human skin. Wetness would be felt only if |
| of a misting fan. This can be explained using a | | | | someone stands less than 6 inches (15 cm) near |
| small demonstration. If you keep a wet towel in | | | | the water nozzle. The misting fans are highly |
| front of the electric fan, you can see that the | | | | hygienic as the water that comes out of the fans |
| area around the towel would become | | | | is filtered for impurities before entering the |
| comparatively cooler. This happens because as | | | | nozzles. The total amount of water used would |
| the water from the towel evaporates, certain | | | | be a maximum of about 3.8 to 7.6 liters per hour. |
| amount of heat energy is taken along with it. | | | | The misting fans that come in smaller units are |
| Thus the fan acts like an air conditioner by | | | | also available for household uses. Those who are |
| circulating the cooler air around the room. The | | | | interested in working in backyards and garages |
| same idea and technology is been used in the | | | | find the fans are most useful during hot summer |
| misting fans where the evaporative cooling takes | | | | days. |