Misting is a phenomenon caused by tiny droplets of water that are suspended and vaporized in the atmosphere. It is usually seen when hot and humid air is suddenly cooled, for example in the exhaled air in winter.
The misting phenomenon can be created artificially, with high pressure pumps, high pressure piping and spray nozzles.
The misting systems are used in many cases such as:
- Cooling of indoor and outdoor spaces.
- Full control of the humidity level.
- Disinfection, deodorization & scenting of spaces.
- Protection against insects & bacterial removal.
- Dust suppression.
Misting Systems: Applications and Benefits
Misting is used in many areas, mainly for space cooling, especially in cases where conventional air conditioning is not enough.
Such cases are the cooling of outdoor areas in catering places, industrial applications, the agricultural sector etc.
Misting in the industrial sector is suitable for the suppression of dust and bacteria floating in the factory atmosphere, as well as for the deodorization of unpleasant smells in waste management facilities, etc.
Apart from the catering and the industrial sector, the use of misting systems is also considered necessary in the food and livestock sector and also in places where the humidity level must be set as desired such as wine cellars, greenhouses etc.
The applications and benefits of the misting systems in each sector in detail are:
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CATERING SECTOR – Misting Systems in bars, restaurants, hotels etc.
Catering places during the summer months, experience a serious problem in the outdoor spaces because of the heat.
Visitors stay for a short time or do not sit at all, resulting in a noticeable reduction in profit.
Misting systems achieve a drop of up to 10 degrees Celsius.
The result is the stay of the visitors in these places due to the pleasant feeling of coolness that leads to an increase in the daily profit.
Installing misting systems in mass catering places is a proven investment with immediate capital amortization.
The advantages of the misting systems in the mass catering places are:
- Immediate temperature drop
- Longer stay of the visitors outdoors
- Increase in the daily income
- Exciting special effects
- Protection against insects (flies, mosquitoes etc)
- Immediate amortization of investment
- Low operating and maintenance cost
- Low power consumption
- Ability of combining misting systems with fans
- Flexible and extensible piping system
WINERIES – Misting Systems for wine cellars and wine storage areas.
In wine cellars with insufficient moisture, the level of wine in barrels can be significantly reduced due to their dehydration, resulting in significant loss in profit and lower quality of the final product.
With specialized misting systems, we can reach moisture levels up to 90%, reduce evaporation of wine and keep quality at the highest desired levels! By converting water into a cloud, at the same time energy is absorbed from the atmosphere and in this way we achieve a significant drop in temperature, consuming significantly less electricity and keeping the humidity at the desired level with high precision.
For the desired humidity and temperature levels, mist spraying is controlled by special electronic humidistats and thermostats that regulate the humidity and room temperature at the desired rates, all year round 24 hours a day, regardless of external environmental conditions!
The low installing and operating system’s cost combined with the economy that will be achieved by preserving the quantity and quality of the wine will lead to immediate amortization of the investment in a very short period of time!
Indicative Table of Product Loss %
| | Relative Humidity |
°C | 40% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 75% | 80% | 85% | 90% | 95% |
10.0 | 4,81 | 4,01 | 3,25 | 2,49 | 2,15 | 1,77 | 1,39 | 1,01 | 0,63 |
15.0 | 7,08 | 5,96 | 4,84 | 3,72 | 3,16 | 2,59 | 2,04 | 1,46 | 0,91 |
20.0 | 9,10 | 7,66 | 6,22 | 4,78 | 4,06 | 3,33 | 2,51 | 1.94 | 1,17 |
The advantages of moistening the cellars with misting systems are the following:
- Significant energy savings
- Keeping the desired humidity in the cellar 24 hours a day at all times of the year, regardless of the external conditions
- Effective reduce of wine evaporation
- Temperature drop
- Longer retention of barrels due to non-dehydration
- Low operating and maintenance cost
- Expandable and flexible piping systems with spray nozzles for line extension
- Visual effects for visitable cellars
- Can be combined with industrial ceiling fans
- Increased earnings on sales due to significantly less loss of product
- Immediate amortization of the investment
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR – Misting Systems for factories/industries.
In many workplaces, high temperature is the cause of both labor and machinery decline.
Additionally, the floating small particles which are produced by the industriall processing of the materials are a serious problem for the staff’s health and the operation of the machines.
Specialized misting systems can provide a definitive solution to these important industrial problems by using special high pressure pumps that convert water to a cloud, in order to reduce dust in the area.
Furthermore, through metering pumps the systems are capable of spraying liquid scents or even chemicals in order to suppress microbes and remove unpleasant and harmful smells.
With the specialized industrial misting systems we have the following advantages:
- Suppress floating microbes
- Remove unpleasant smells
- Achieve desired moisture levels
- Temperature drop especially during summer months
- Dust suppression
- Avoid damages to machinery
- Increased labor efficiency
- Increased production
- Reduced energy cost
- Low operating and maintenance cost
- Extensible and flexible piping systems with spray nozzles in any area of the factory
- Can be combined with fans for industrial use
GREENHOUSE SECTOR – Misting Systems for Greenhouses.
Specialized misting systems are best-suited to preserve the desired climate within greenhouses regardless of their size.
They are used to achieve the desired humidity regardless of outdoor climatic conditions and help to control effectively the desired temperature, with advanced technology for indoor moisture and temperature metering and controlling.
During summer months, rapid evaporation of the water by the misting systems will cool the greenhouse and maintain the correct humidity level, in order not to dehydrate the crops due to the heat.
In winter months proper moisture is maintained and dehydration due to heating systems is prevented. Greenhouse misting systems are also suitable for sensitive crops such as tropical fruit etc, in which conventional water spray methods cannot be used.
During periods of drought and when the moisture content drops below 30% the problems are serious. The agricultural products suffer, they grow slowly and dehydrate and even stop growing until the moisture returns to the desired levels.
Specialized misting systems are the most suitable and economical solution for climate control inside greenhouses, compared to other solutions.
The providing advantages are:
- Increased overall productivity of the greenhouse
- Avoid dehydration in the production process
- Achieving stable levels of humidity
- Lower water and electric consumption for irrigation
- Suitable for spraying chemicals (fertilizers, insecticides, etc.)
- Proper greenhouse climate in every season, 24 hours a day
- Less need for shading of products
- Can be combined with fans for industrial use
- Expandable and flexible piping systems with spray nozzles for line extension
- Low operating and maintenance cost
- Immediate amortization of the investment due to increased production
FOOD SECTOR – Misting Systems for supermarkets, butchery shops, green groceries, fish markets.
Modern food shops emphasize to the appearance of their fresh products.
The problem with these susceptible products, is that after harvesting due to lack of moisture they are dehydrated, so they lose weight and their appearance is not the appropriate for the consumer’s eye.
Dehydration rates per category, range from 15 to 60% in the fruit and vegetable sector, 15% in the fish sector and 15% in the meat sector.
It has been proven that the consumer chooses a shop by the appearance of the products available, their freshness and price.
Misting systems provide the best solution for susceptible products and food dehydration problem and offer the following advantages:
- Extend the freshness of the products for at least 2 days
- Reduce products’ weight loss up to 95%
- The products look like as if they were collected at that time
- Low operating and maintenance cost
- Expandable and flexible piping systems with spray nozzles for expanding
- Exciting visual effect
- Immediate amortization of invesement
RESIDENCIES – Misting Systems for verandas, gardens, patios, swimming pools, barbeques.
During the summer months, many outdoor areas of the home remain unused due to the high temperatures.
The installation of conventional air conditioners is not appropriate in these areas, mainly because of their high energy consumption and their inefficient operation in the open air.
The flexible misting systems come to solve the problem of heat and offer the following advantages:
- Temperature drop to 10 degrees Celsius
- Greater use of outdoor spaces
- Exciting visual effect
- Protection against insects (flies, mosquitoes etc)
- Flexible and extensible piping system
- Low power consumption
- Low operating and maintenance cost
LIVESTOCK SECTOR – Misting Systems for breeding farms, horse farms, horse riding clubs, horse racing tracks etc.
Misting systems also provide significant benefits in the livestock sector, such as poultry farms, horse farms, horse riding clubs, horse racing tracks, pig and cow farms etc.
Generally during the hot summer months the growth and yield of animals is significantly reduced, due to excessive heat in the breeding and growing areas. The animals get stressed and are not in the mood for food and reproduction and also horses can’t perform as expected in races and riding shows.
Misting systems in these areas give us the following great advantages:
Increase in egg, milk and meat production- Continuous renewal of air inside the premises by using misting fans
- Significant reduction of animal heat stress
- Extension of breeding season and steady growth rate
- Cleaner environment
- Dust suppression inside the premises
- Control and deodorization of unpleasant odors
- Significantly lower energy and water consumption
- Can be combined with fans for industrial use
- Expandable and flexible piping systems with spray nozzles for line extension
- Low operating and maintenance cost
- Immediate amortization of investment due to increased production
SPECIAL EFFECTS – Misting Systems for events, amusement parks, outdoor recreational areas etc.
Misting systems are a very good and smart way to show something special at an event, in an amusement park, at an outdoor recreation event, such as swimming pools, artificial lakes etc.
Combined with light and sound even in the evening, the spectacle of misting systems is astonishing and attracts visitors.
Especially children are attracted to the magic of water fog, but also adults who are looking for a cool oasis on hot days will be satisfied to the fullest extent.
Misting systems can be easily installed in existing structures and artificial rock formations of concrete, pergolas, perimeter walls or railings, decorative rocks, at the perimeter of swimming pools, etc.
PROTECTION AGAINST INSECTS – Automated system against insects.
The innovative insect protective system is here to solve the big problem of summer months in houses, hotels and restaurants’ gardens.
It is a special wall-mounted high-pressure (50 bar) misting pump, made of anodized aluminum and stainless steel and a misting line (up to 200m and up to 65 nozzles) to be installed along the perimeter of your garden, with flexible extensions for the nozzles and dosing pump for spraying the plants with the natural repellent.
ECOLOGICAL 100% : The system ensures the most effective and natural protection, as well as the humidity of the perimeter with a natural repellent.
PROTECTION 100% : Protects your hotel, home and garden from flies, mosquitoes and viruses that are caused by them.
AUTOMATED 100% : The system is programmed and works automatically 24 hours a day!
Misting Systems Parts & Accessories
The main equipment needed to install a misting system consists of:
- High pressure pump
- Decompression valve
- Filters for water purification
- High pressure pipes 100 bar
- Spray nozzles
- High pressure couplings
The above-mentioned parts and components are the bare essentials for a basic misting installation.
Depending on the size and use of an installation, additional equipment may be required, such as metering pumps, electronic humidistats or thermostats.
Misting System’s Cost – Prices of Misting Systems
The main factors of the price changes in the misting systems are the area of coverage and the use for which they are intended. Small spaces require lower flow pressure pumps and a much smaller piping and spray nozzle network, compared to an industrial system that needs to cover hundreds of square meters of space.
The type of the misting system’s application (domestic/industrial) is another factor that changes the cost, as the industrial applications require heavy-duty components and additional safeguards and safety certifications.
For the proper budget plan of a misting system, it is at first necessary to analyze the needs properly and to choose the appropriate equipment. Then the quality installation of the system must be ensured for its efficient and safe operation.
