The waterside economizer is normally a gasketed plate heat exchanger. There is chilled water on one side and cooling tower water on the other side …
Water Side Economizers Part 3: Cooling Tower Temperatures
Many northern state energy codes require economizers for chilled water systems. Waterside economizers per ASHRAE 90.1-2013 and 2010 shall provide up to 100% of the …
Free Cooling Heat Exchangers (Part One)
The ASHRAE young engineers heard about the free cooling system in the recent tour of the DTE Vantage Dearborn Central Energy Plant. The free cooling …
Heat Exchanger Types and Where to Use Them: Part 4 – Variable Flow Applications
When should you choose to use a gasketed plate, brazed plate, or shell and tube heat exchanger? Often in HVAC, plumbing, or industrial systems any …
Heat Exchanger Types and Where to Use Them: Part 3 – Close Temperature Applications
When should you choose to use a gasketed plate, brazed plate, or shell and tube heat exchanger? Often in HVAC, plumbing, or industrial systems any …
Heat Exchanger Types and Where to Use Them: Part 1 – Shell & Tube
There are a variety of unfired liquid to liquid and steam to liquid heat exchangers for the engineer to choose from. The Gasketed Plate, Brazed …
Hot Water Heater Decarbonization: Using Condenser Water to Pre-Heat the Incoming Cold-Water
Decarbonization does not always automatically become electrification. The enterprising engineer will first look at diverse ways to reduce the carbon use. Here is an example …
PVI Conquest Water Heaters Part 1: Basic Settings & Features
In part 1 of 2 of our series on PVI Conquest, we will highlight some of the important features of the Conquest line by PVI. …
Identifying Common Heat Exchangers
The video Identifying Common Heat Exchangers was a project for our intern program this past year at R.L. Deppmann Company. Ted Proctor, an intern for our …
AHRI Includes Plate Heat Exchanger Testing – FAQs
The ASHRAE Energy Standard 90.1 and the 2015 Michigan Energy Code require the AHRI plate heat exchangers used in heating and cooling applications be tested …