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Radiant pool area

Evaporation is going to be the killer. As the previous anonamous poster said, if the pool is to remain uncovered, you can keep the air temp slightly above that of the pool so that the flow of energy is from the air to the pool. This keeps humidity down.

If a cover can be used, it will eliminate the evaporation during non use periods.

As a last alternative, you could use the water source heat pump equipment to dehumidify the room, dumping the sensible and latent heat either back into the air, water, or into the ground.

You could do out door air exchange, and recover the energy.

You have some options...They just keep getting more complicated and expensive :-)

ME

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  • Simply Rad_2
    Simply Rad_2 Member Posts: 171
    Radiant Pool area

    I have a project coming up with ground source radiant heating. We are heating a pool are which is my concern. Tonight I had a meeting with the GC and home owner and we decided that the pool room which is also a excercise area will be set around 70 degrees. This is a excercise pool with a current for resistence or in our case friction. They also have a outdoor hot tub so this is sololy an excercise pool, actually not much bigger than a hot tube. What I am wondering is it alright to design the area to match the water temps of 72 degrees. Keep in mind this is an excercise area too.
    Thanks Jeffrey
  • Andy_14
    Andy_14 Member Posts: 121


    The air temp needs to be 2 deg warmer than the water temp in order to min humidity. Also 72 deg water is cold. I would say 78 min
  • Tom_35
    Tom_35 Member Posts: 265
    Look at Thermastor

    Thermastor specializes in dehumidification of all types of spaces, including indoor pool areas like you mentioned.

    Go to www.thermastor.com and you can then follow up with phone consultation. Ask for Mike Carr.

    Tom Atchley
  • Mike Thomas_2
    Mike Thomas_2 Member Posts: 109
    Auto cover

    You should really consider either a manual or automatic cover for the pool. It will reduce evaporation and heating costs by 70%. Contact me if you need addtitional info. Automatic pool covers are our primary business.
  • Guy_6
    Guy_6 Member Posts: 450
    Hmmm

    An interesting idea given to me by a friend in Northern CA:

    Radiant tubing around the in ground pool, through the pool heater, then under the (black) asphalt driveway as "snowmelt" , and back to the pool in one big loop.

    The driveway solar pick up heats the pool, the pool adds mass to the snowmelt, and the pool heater makes up the difference as necessary.

    Although there are limited areas where this would be efficient, I love the thought process.

    Now how am I going to get that tubing under MY driveway, and does anyone have an inground pool to spare....
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