Understanding the Value of a Commercial Desiccant Dehumidifier

A full-service disaster-restoration firm, CDT Companies responds to customers within 24 hours and offers a wide range of restoration services, including structural drying and water extraction. CDT Companies also assists clients in the structural-drying industry as a project-consulting resource and equipment supplier of products such as desiccant humidifiers.

Desiccant humidifiers are used by commercial restoration businesses to remove humidity from air. Whereas a compressor-based dehumidifier uses condensation to achieve this task, desiccant dehumidifiers employ a chemical called a desiccant. This highly effective material allows a commercial desiccant dehumidifier to dry already-dry air, materials that are very difficult to dry, and air that is close to the freezing point. 

The main difference between a commercial and a consumer-grade desiccant dehumidifier is that the former removes warm moist air from a building through ductwork, whereas the latter condenses it, transforming it into moisture which is collected in a bucket and then removed. Accordingly, commercial desiccant dehumidifiers operate well in both extremely cold and warm temperatures, as they do not emit water. 

For professionals in the restoration industry, it is a common best practice to use a commercial desiccant dehumidifier, as opposed to a consumer-grade alternative. Because of their high costs, most companies rent commercial-grade desiccant humidifiers rather than purchase them new.