Someday, there will be a mobile app that can provide a warning when your domestic water and/or residential heating pumps stop working. For smaller gallon …
Boiler Safety: CSD-1 Emergency Shut-off Switches
The ASME CSD-1 Controls and Safety Devices for Automatically Fired Boilers is a standard for many State codes including Michigan and Ohio. This standard exists …
Variable Speed Chilled Water Systems: Demand Reset
There are multiple methods to vary pump speed in HVAC chilled water systems. A common method is the use of a differential pressure transmitter at …
Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger – Leaking Gaskets
Shell and tube heat exchanger leaks can be very frustrating. Occasionally we receive a call from a frustrated contractor who swears he installed the heat …
Cooling Tower Design to Save the Planet: Part 4 of 4 – Something for Everyone
New water-saving and energy-saving cooling tower designs come with concerns about change. From the owner to the engineer to the contractor, the question becomes, “Why …
Cooling Tower Design to Save the Planet: Part 3 of 4 – Save Energy
We understand the tremendous water savings available with the information provided in Part 1 & Part 2 of this cooling tower series. There is more …
Cooling Tower Design to Save the Planet: Part 2 of 4 – Cycles of Concentration
The combination of water usage and energy usage in open loop cooling towers are a significant cost to owners. Owners are faced with tremendous water …
Cooling Tower Design to Save the Planet: Part 1 of 4 – Drift Eliminators
The combination of water usage and energy usage in open-loop cooling towers is a significant cost to owners. There are ways to reduce the waste …
Commercial Electric Humidifiers: Immersed Electrode Conductive Vs. Resistive Humidifiers (Part 2)
Part 1 of this series described the difference between electrode conductive electric humidifiers and resistive electric humidifiers. The article ended by showing a significant cost …
Commercial Electric Humidifiers: Which Style Should I Choose? (Part 1)
Proper humidification in buildings is critical in the fight to reduce the spread of air-borne viruses. We have known this for years, but the pandemic …