November Lunch Meeting - Natatorium Design

TOPIC: Natatorium Design and Dehumidification

      BY: Ralph Kittler

These facilities are notoriously complex to design and can be expensive to operate. The presentation covers the many critical system design aspects of a Natatorium which include the fundamentals of psychrometrics, dew point, humidity/condensation control, moisture load calculation, air distribution, ventilation requirements, water chemistry and how to optimize your operating conditions to minimize operating costs.

Mr. Kittler is an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer and speaks regularly at ASHRAE meetings across the country. He is well regarded in the HVAC industry as an expert in dehumidification and Indoor Pool Design with over 25 years experience and is on the advisory board for the CDC’s (Center for Disease Control) Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC).

He has been ASHRAE TC 9.8’s revisor responsible for the Applications Handbook chapter which covers Natatorium Design (Large Building Air Conditioning Applications) since 1999. He is also TC 8.10 (Dehumidifiers and Heat Pipes) current chairman and also their Handbook subcommittee chair responsible for chapter (25) in the Systems and Equipment Handbook.

Mr. Kittler is a Co-Founder and Director of Sales & Marketing for Seresco Technologies Inc., a dehumidifier manufacturer. He is a Professional Engineer with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lakehead University, Ontario Canada in 1989.