CO2 Evacuation Systems for Truck Washes in Colder Climates
Over the years, I've been to over 100 truck washes and had my motor coach which is a mobile command center for my business cleaned at these locations.
Interestingly enough, I've also been in the truck cleaning industry with both mobile and fixed operations.
One thing I have noticed is that when it's really cold out, it is necessary to turn on the heaters, pull the trucks in, and then, close the doors and keep working.
Unfortunately, there is a real problem with this, and it has to do with the atmospheric environment which is created when you close off the system from the real world.
Okay so, I'd like to talk about this for a moment if I might.
When you raise the percentage of CO2 within an enclosed environment like that, you have more depleted oxygen, and it makes the workers drowsy, and they get fatigued quicker.
This slows down the workflow, not to mention the fact that it could be dangerous to human health.
Further, when you mix CO2 with all of the washing chemicals, and the debris coming off of the trucks you create secondary unintended molecules, which can get into the lungs of people, and cause severe challenges.
If you own a truck wash and you find many of your workers are calling in sick, or seem to have wheezing and respiratory issues, things that they didn't have before, or they seem as if they might be asthmatic, perhaps the problem is that during the winter months you don't have a good CO2 evacuation system, and you don't have proper airflow.
You must have this.
Yes, it will mean you will spend more money on heating because you will be shipping some of that warmer air out.
However, if you don't, you are doing a disservice to your customers, your workers, and perhaps even your own health if you are the manager or owner and you stop by often to check on things.
Now then, one thing I can recommend is that you leave the doors to the wash open one-foot at least at all times.
You see, CO2 is a heavier gas, and generally it will hug the ground.
One challenge a truck wash has is that you are spraying high-pressure water and blowing all that CO2 around on the inside of the building.
The trick is to get good airflow flowing through the building taking out the CO2 with proper ventilation.
You also need to have a good fan system to remove the VOCs from the chemicals you're using in the wash process, along with the remaining CO2.
Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
Interestingly enough, I've also been in the truck cleaning industry with both mobile and fixed operations.
One thing I have noticed is that when it's really cold out, it is necessary to turn on the heaters, pull the trucks in, and then, close the doors and keep working.
Unfortunately, there is a real problem with this, and it has to do with the atmospheric environment which is created when you close off the system from the real world.
Okay so, I'd like to talk about this for a moment if I might.
When you raise the percentage of CO2 within an enclosed environment like that, you have more depleted oxygen, and it makes the workers drowsy, and they get fatigued quicker.
This slows down the workflow, not to mention the fact that it could be dangerous to human health.
Further, when you mix CO2 with all of the washing chemicals, and the debris coming off of the trucks you create secondary unintended molecules, which can get into the lungs of people, and cause severe challenges.
If you own a truck wash and you find many of your workers are calling in sick, or seem to have wheezing and respiratory issues, things that they didn't have before, or they seem as if they might be asthmatic, perhaps the problem is that during the winter months you don't have a good CO2 evacuation system, and you don't have proper airflow.
You must have this.
Yes, it will mean you will spend more money on heating because you will be shipping some of that warmer air out.
However, if you don't, you are doing a disservice to your customers, your workers, and perhaps even your own health if you are the manager or owner and you stop by often to check on things.
Now then, one thing I can recommend is that you leave the doors to the wash open one-foot at least at all times.
You see, CO2 is a heavier gas, and generally it will hug the ground.
One challenge a truck wash has is that you are spraying high-pressure water and blowing all that CO2 around on the inside of the building.
The trick is to get good airflow flowing through the building taking out the CO2 with proper ventilation.
You also need to have a good fan system to remove the VOCs from the chemicals you're using in the wash process, along with the remaining CO2.
Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
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