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John Siegenthaler: Hydronics Workshop
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Striving for hydronic ideals in heating systems

Let’s start with heat exchangers.
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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
May 23, 2016

Strive for what seems impossible at the present.


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Simple yet elegant hydronic systems

As the North American hydronics industry has grown, so has the complexity of its systems.
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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
April 19, 2016

Hydronic systems donít have to be large or complex to be state-of-the-art.


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How to optimize coil heat exchanger flow

Flow face off.
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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
March 21, 2016

Many systems that use renewable energy heat sources have large thermal storage tanks.


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Pellet boiler control strategies

The control logic for this system was based on a pellet boiler that operated under its own internal controller.
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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
February 16, 2016

Outdoor reset can improve performance.


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A simple boiler retrofit

During the last year I’ve been reviewing submittals for proposed heating systems using pellet-fired boilers.
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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
January 20, 2016

Details matter when adding a pellet boiler to an existing system.


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Controlling a dual-heat system

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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
December 21, 2015

Orchestrating the wet-side hardware.


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Piping a dual-heat system

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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
November 13, 2015

Combining low supply water temps with low-mass panel radiators.


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Air-to-water heat pumps and boilers

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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
October 23, 2015

How to combine an air-to-water heat pump with a boiler.


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Solar freeze protection

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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
September 28, 2015

Why I prefer drainback solar thermal systems.


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Respecting the law of thermodynamics

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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
August 20, 2015

Myths and methods for protecting boilers against flue gas condensation.


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