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John Siegenthaler gives a technical view of hydronic and radiant heating systems.

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Biomass heating systems can use both big and little tanks

How they can work together in a wood-fired heating system.
May 29, 2013
By John Siegenthaler, P.E.
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Interest in biomass heating systems continues to rise, especially in rural areas of the United States and Canada. Although plenty of devices are available that burn wood to heat water, the state-of-the-art device is a wood-gasification boiler.


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Smoke Gets in your Eyes

It’s time to do wood-fired heating right.
April 19, 2013
By John Siegenthaler, P.E.
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Every August, I make a short trip to a local event call the Woodsmen’s Field Days. This gathering is all about cutting down trees and then slicing them up into either firewood or lumber.
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Future-Proof Hydronic Systems

Low water temperatures are the key.
March 15, 2013
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A tradeoff has always existed between the water temperature at which hydronic heat emitters are sized and their cost.
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Energy and Power

They're not the same thing
February 13, 2013
By John Siegenthaler, P.E.
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Most of you reading this column consider yourselves heating professionals.
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Heat pumps are renewable energy heat sources

January 15, 2013
By John Siegenthaler, P.E.
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I recently read an Internet posting asserting that heat pumps, both air-source and geothermal, should not be considered renewable energy heat sources.


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Do this, do that

December 1, 2012
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A new piping concept and control wiring challenge.  
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Avoiding thermal depression

November 1, 2012
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A new way to protect a heating system.
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Larger than necessary

October 1, 2012
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You’re probably oversizing expansion tanks in low-temperature systems.
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Hydraulic separation revisited

September 1, 2012
By John Siegenthaler, P.E.
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It doesn’t have to be perfect to be effective.
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Stating the obvious

August 1, 2012
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Some recent discoveries about ducting.
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