Articles Tagged with ''piping design''

GF Building Flow Solutions Americas (formerly Uponor North America), a global provider of Uponor-branded products, has launched its new Uponor ChlorFIT Schedule 80 Corzan CPVC (Uponor ChlorFIT), marking the largest portfolio expansion in the company’s history. 

Flow direction is crucial in hydronic systems. Most designs have a fixed flow direction, but there are situations where reversals can occur. It's important to address these proactively to ensure smooth operations.

PPI MS-7 includes detailed specifications for four plastic piping materials which have been proven in ground-source heat exchange systems: HDPE, PE-RT, PEX, and PP (PP-R and PP-RCT).

The original version of HydroSketch will remain supported through the end of 2021.

Figure 1 shows a piping layout that was used to retrofit a pellet-fired boiler to an existing 4-zone heating system supplied by an oil-fired boiler.

Figure 1 shows the piping layout for an actual installation. It uses two boilers, fired in stages, to supply three areas of a building. 

An installer recently read about the benefits of piping a buffer tank in a “2-pipe” configuration.  

A zone is any area of a building for which indoor air temperature is controlled by a single thermostat (or other type of temperature controller). 

An installer plans to use a single-speed monobloc air-to-water heat pump to supply several panel radiators.