The blistering hot weather here in southeast Michigan caused me to turn my attention to cooling tower pumps and their control. Cooling tower pump control …
Hydronic Expansion Tank Location in High Rise Projects (Part 3)
Part 2 of this series on expansion tank locations showed the expansion tank in a high-rise hydronic system located at the top of the system. …
Hydronic Expansion Tank Location in High Rise Projects (Part 2)
Where should the hydronic expansion tank be in a tall high-rise hydronic system design? In part 1 of this article, I identified the size and …
Hydronic Expansion Tank Location in High-Rise Projects (Part 1)
We received an interesting question from an Ohio engineer working on the renovation of a 30-story high-rise hydronic heating system. This engineer was looking out …
Open Cooling Tower System Pumps – Balancing the Pump Using a Drive
Open cooling tower pumps are traditionally operated as constant speed. When balanced, the extra pump head or over-heading is throttled across the discharge balance valve …
Balancing & Trimming Hydronic Constant Speed Pumps
The HVAC hydronic system is proportionally balanced per ASHRAE 90.1 energy standards. The proportional balance, when properly completed, will result in all the extra pump …
Hydronic Pump Energy Savings and Proportional Balancing Technique
ASHRAE Energy Standard 90.1 indicates the hydronic system shall have proportional balance and the pump over-heading shall be removed through speed reduction or impeller trimming. …
Sump & Sewage Applications: Choosing 3-Float vs. 4-Float Control
Commercial and Institutional control of basin mounted sump and sewage pumps does not have to be complicated. In residential systems, a small fractional horsepower pump …
Process System Pump Selection: Controls to Reduce Maintenance Time
In the last R. L. Deppmann Monday Morning Minutes I defined the difference between flat curves and steep curves in a hydronic pump selection. I …
Hydronic System Pump Selection: Flat vs. Steep Curves
An engineer in Michigan called about a large project with several pumps being selected in parallel for a plant chilled water system. He commented that …