WEB EXCLUSIVE!<br>Combination Air Eliminator & Dirt Separator Installed At Wisconsin Hospital
In an area of the hospital where 20 induction coils are located off the chilled water main, considerable maintenance was required on a regular basis. The air and dirt problems required two men to vent, bleed and purge the coils for up to two weeks consuming some 160 man-hours. This task was done three times a year to keep the coils operating.
During a typical sales call made to the hospital by Roedel, D'Allesandro & Mason (RDM & Associates Inc., Brookfield, Wis.), Carsten Fehr, the hospital's Power Plant Manager, saw a working demonstration of the Spirovent[R] combination air eliminator and dirt separator. The Spirovent, manufactured by Spirotherm Inc. (Glendale Heights, Ill.), employs a patented coalescing and barrier medium that scrubs the air and dirt from the system fluid allowing it to break free of the flow path. The air is released through a patented air release mechanism while the dirt falls to the bottom and collects in the dirt chamber where it can be blown down through a manual or automated blow down valve.