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The Glitch and The Fix, April 2016 -- Glitch drawing

Wood-gasification boiler with existing piping

John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
April 11, 2016

An installer plans to replace an outdoor wood-fired furnace with a new cordwood-gasification boiler with a rated output of 150,000 Btu/hr. The outdoor furnace is located about 100 ft. from the indoor mechanical room where the 1-in. PEX insulated underground piping joins the thermal storage tank. The installer plans to use the existing underground piping.


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March 2016 The Glitch and The Fix -- Glitch drawing

Modified primary/secondary hydronic piping system

March 2016 The Glitch and The Fix
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
March 18, 2016

An installer wants to achieve hydraulic separation between three zone circulators. He also wants to have the same supply water temperature to each zone, so he pipes up what he calls a “modified primary/secondary system.”


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February 2016 The Glitch & The Fix -- Glitch drawing

Hydraulic separator piping to indirect water heater, boilers

The Glitch & The Fix, February 2016
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
February 11, 2016

A designer needs to connect an indirect water heater to a multiple boiler system. He selects a hydraulic separator and connects the piping of the indirect water heater on the same side as the boilers.


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October 2015 The Glitch & The Fix -- Glitch drawing

Dubious solar hot water drainback

The Glitch & The Fix, October 2015
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
October 14, 2015

An installer uses an unpressurized thermal storage tank for drainback protection of a solar thermal system, and carefully slopes all the collectors and collector array piping for 1/4 in. per ft. drop.


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May 2015 Glitch image 1

Piping for radiant panel heating

The Glitch and The Fix, May 2015
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
May 11, 2015

The piping strapped to the bottom of the floor joists is supposedly part of a primary loop.


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February 2015 Glitch drawing

Connecting an indirect water heater to multiple boiler system

February 2015 The Glitch and The Fix
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
February 16, 2015

A designer needs to tie in an indirect water heater to a multiple boiler system. He selects a hydraulic separator for the project and connects the piping of the indirect water heater on the same side as the boilers.


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September 2014 Glitch drawing

Wood-gasification boilers are born to burn

The Glitch and The Fix, September 2014
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
September 15, 2014

Due to the high price of fuel oil, a contractor is hired by a building owner to install a wood-gasification boiler to supplement the oil boiler. The building’s distribution system consists of a three-zoned air handler with hot water coils.


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March 2014 Glitch drawing

Multiple heating zones for hydronic and radiant applications

March 2014 The Glitch & The Fix
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
March 12, 2014

The system was intended to supply one high-temperature heating zone, a couple of medium-temperature zones and two zones of floor heating for a garage and breezeway where antifreeze protection was needed.


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October 2013 Glitch drawing

Solar water-heating system pieced together

John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
October 30, 2013

Joe Wrenchturner gets a call to install solar water heating for a longtime customer. He buys some flat-plate collectors through an online source and decides to assemble the remainder of the system using hardware he installs for other hydronic systems.


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The Glitch and the Fix

Controlled radiant cooling

The Glitch & The Fix, June 2013
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
June 28, 2013

An installer plans to use a geothermal heat pump to supply warm water to a multizone radiant ceiling panel system.  Having heard that radiant ceiling panels also can be used for cooling, he decides to pump chilled water through the same radiant ceiling distribution system.


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