Fläkt Woods has won a highly unusual contract at the new Dubai International Airport. According to the company’s press release, it will be supplying large axial fans to precisely force intake air into large underground air handling units that are delivering the air conditioning to the new concourse 3. 

With summer temperatures regularly in the mid 40’s, the engineers on the project specified Fläkt Woods Axicent large aerofoil fans. These fans are capable of accurately pushing air into the below ground intake ducts of the air handling units to ensure they work effectively to cool the new concourse areas. As an addition to their standard JM Aerofoil fans, Fläkt Woods has developed a range of large JM Aerofoil fans, known as Axicent, to provide higher pressures and volumes. These unidirectional, standard temperature fans have been fitted with guide vanes to force air at pressures of up to 4000 Pa. Fläkt Woods was selected because of the total reliability of their fans, required to ensure fresh air is delivered 24/7 into the terminal. The fans have diameters ranging up to 2.6 metres, all have IP 55 motor protection and are designed for low energy consumption with low lifetime costing.

The third concourse is part of on-going expansion at the airport. The programme will accommodate the increased number of passengers at Dubai Airport from the new A380 Super Jumbo. Dubai airport will be one of the first airports to have regular visits from the first A380s in service. Concourse 3 will incorporate climate-controlled lounges. It will have 27 contact gates, of which 12 will be for the A380. The two concourses will be connected via electric buses.