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2026
Moisture trapped in a lithium-ion cell during assembly doesn't show up until the cell is in service. By then it's a warranty claim, a field failure, or worse.... Read more
2026
Condensation grows mold. In a brewery, every surface that stays wet after sanitation is a potential colonization site, and... Read more
2026
Ice buildup on floors, product, and dock doors is a safety hazard and an operating cost. Cold storage dehumidification elimin... Read more
Technical deep-dives on specific applications.
Dry vs. liquid vs. hybrid — when and why.
New applications, regulations, and technologies.
Practical guidance for engineers specifying desiccant systems.
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Moisture trapped in a lithium-ion cell during assembly doesn't show up until the cell is in service. By then it's a warranty claim, a field failure, or worse. Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Condensation grows mold. In a brewery, every surface that stays wet after sanitation is a potential colonization site, and Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Ice buildup on floors, product, and dock doors is a safety hazard and an operating cost. Cold storage dehumidification elimin Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Ventilation air carries 80 percent of a building's dehumidification load. A system that recovers its own waste heat to remove that Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
A clean room controls particles. A dry room controls moisture. Most precision manufacturing environments need both, and the Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
In a food processing facility, condensation on overhead structure isn't a maintenance inconvenience. It's a documented food saf Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Ice on a freezer floor didn't form from a leak. It formed from air. Every door opening lets warm, humid air into a space where ever Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
When operating room humidity drifts above specification during a procedure, the surgical team doesn't stop the case. But the mi Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Film coating, encapsulation, and active pharmaceutical ingredient handling each have a humidity window measured in single-di Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Chocolate bloom, sticky panning coatings, and sugar that won't crystallize properly aren't quality control failures. They're humidity failures. The product is telling you exactly what the air in your plant is doing. Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Every water treatment plant in the country has the same humidity problem, and most of them are spending money on the wrong solution. Repainting corroded pipe is not corrosion control. Controlling the humidity in the building is. Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
An ice rink without a dehumidifier has fog over the ice, condensation dripping onto skaters, and corrosion eating the roof structure. Dew point control solves all three, and desiccant dehumidification is the only technology that can hold dew point in an arena environment. Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Museum humidity control isn't about hitting a setpoint. It's about holding it without cycling. The difference between a stable 50% and a 50% average with hourly spikes is the difference between preservation and slow deterioration. Read more
By Mike Harvey, 2026
Laboratory humidity control fails silently. A failed stability study, a batch of rejected capsules, or a contaminated photographic sample all trace back to the same root cause: a humidity setpoint that looked fine on the monthly report but spiked during every equipment cycle. The system that keeps the building comfortable is not the system that protects the research. Read more
