NASA Space Center - Cape Canaveral, Florida

Problem – A 25,000 cfm aluminum wheel in the NASA Space Center failed due to salt air corrosion after only 3 years of service. This created humidity control problems in sensitive vehicle assembly areas.

Solution – Working with FPL and NASA, Airxchange provided and supervised the retrofit of a 25,000 cfm field assembled cassette. The Airxchange polymer/stainless steel wheel construction will stand up to salt air and associated corrosion far better than the originally selected aluminum wheel. FPL paid a portion of the installation cost as part of their program to reduce electrical demand by reducing peak load HVAC operation. With the new wheel in operation, FPL realizes a reduction in peak load of 94.5 KW.