Decarbonization and Electrification are two terms which may bring both fear and hope to plumbing engineers and gas fired water heater manufacturers. The hope is …
Condensing Boiler Efficiency and Your Boiler Schedule
The marketing directive is clear in the hydronic condensing boiler world. Make sure you highlight high efficiency in every boiler advertisement and bulletin. So before …
Condensing Boiler Staging & Dual Return for Higher Efficiency (Part 4 of 4)
An engineer uses larger temperature differences and deep reset when designing a condensing hydronic heating system. The design may utilize staging of multiple boilers in …
Condensing Boiler Temperature Reset for Increased Efficiency (Part 3 of 4)
We are continuing with the series on Condensing Heating System Efficiency. Today, we are discussing condensing boiler temperature reset for increased efficiency. Hydronic condensing heating …
Hydronic System Design – High Delta T Can Improve Boiler Efficiency (Part 2 of 4)
How can you increase the operating efficiency of your condensing boiler heating system? This question was raised in the last R. L. Deppmann Monday Morning …
What is the Efficiency of my Installed Condensing Boiler? (Part 1 of 4)
This is part one of a four article series on Condensing Heating System Efficiency. Each week we will discuss maximizing efficiency not through product selection, …
Packaged Domestic Hot Water Pathogen Mitigation
Domestic hot water systems should be designed to limit the risk of pathogen issues including Legionnaires Disease. Avoiding risk in the design of these systems …
Domestic Hot Water: Pathogen Mitigation
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 …
Happy New Year! What You Can Expect This Quarter at Deppmann
Happy New Year! We look forward to another year of the R. L. Deppmann Monday Morning Minutes, as well as, some exciting educational seminars and …