Hot water plumbing system design is a hot topic. The building plumbing design/engineering team is faced with a variety of new products, standards, and codes. …
Water Heaters & Hard Water: Template Assisted Crystallization
Hard water is the enemy of plumbing system water heater efficiency and life. Many water heater manufacturer’s warranties are affected by hard water precipitate. We …
Hydronic System Automatic Air Vents
There are many types of air vents in hydronic heating and cooling HVAC systems. It is not unusual to see an engineered set of drawings …
Selecting Air Vents For Hydronic Systems With Glycol
Sometimes simple things can slow you down in the design of hydronic heating and cooling systems. Air vents for use in water and glycol systems …
Tired of Water Quality Issues with Cooling Tower Basins?
What’s lurking in your traditional open cooling tower basin? Today, there is a growing concern about the sediment build-up, algae growth, and bacteria growth in …
Primary – Secondary Sediment Separator Piping in Variable Flow Cooling Tower/Condenser Water Systems
The last R. L. Deppmann Monday Morning Minutes offered suggestions for the use of a Griswold sediment separator in a variable flow tower system. The …
Sediment Separators in Variable Flow Cooling Tower/Condenser Water Systems
A sediment separator will remove particles down to 20 microns or lower when properly sized and applied. This makes them a great choice in open …
Hydronic Pump Piping and Trim: Suction Diffuser Fittings
Pump suction piping is one of the areas where problems of frequent repair or noise will originate. There is a lot of confusing information out …
New LPD Strainer Design Saves 40% in Energy Usage vs Basket Strainers
What if a product could save 40% in energy usage without increasing the cost in a hydronic or steam system? This week’s R L Deppmann …
Steam Vent Operating Pressure
I have a 15 psig steam system which operates at about 7 PSIG most of the time. Is the Hoffman Main Steam Vent Model 75 appropriate for this application with its listed 15 psig maximum?