NEW EQUIPMENT
Burner controls The GeniSys Advanced Burner Control is a 120-vac primary safety control for light-commercial oil burners in boiler, furnace, and water-heater...
Boiler Makers Get Glimpse of Future
The future of the boiler industry and the price and availability of steel were key among a wide range of topics covered during the 2007 American Boiler Manufacturers Association (ABMA) Manufacturers Conference Oct. 1-3 in Abilene, Texas. ...
Boiler-Plant Solution Helps Federal Facility Far Surpass Energy-Reduction Mandate
On Aug. 8, 2005, President Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005, requiring all federal agencies to reduce their annual energy consumption by 2 percent. (An executive order issued in 2007 increased that reduction to 3 percent.)...
Trapped Gas
Each unit in a new condominium had its own heating system. A sealed-combustion high-efficiency gas water heater connected to the outdoors by polyvinyl-chloride...
Maximizing Condensing-Boiler-System Efficiency
Condensing boilers can be a highly efficient means of generating and circulating heat, as they recover latent heat from water produced during combustion...
Hot Feet
A client called and indicated that the basement floor in a circa-1950s building was hot. A maintenance worker had noticed the problem when he picked up...
Was God Watching?
A church wanted to build an atrium from its parking lot to its sanctuary, administration, and classroom complex. The original facility had coal-fired...
Compact, Efficient Heat Transfer
Boiler-system design often addresses energy efficiency and emissions, but seldom boiler footprint as well. A recently formalized partnership between a...
University Completes Fast-Track Retrofit of Apartment Heating, Hot-Water Systems
At the University of Connecticut, the heating/hot-water systems in 12 student-housing units known as the Hilltop Apartments were in need of replacement....
NEW EQUIPMENT & RESOURCES
High-capacity boilers With a capacity of 3 million Btu per hour, Benchmark 3.0 high-efficiency boilers have a 79-in. height, 28-in. width, and 64-in....
Maximizing Small-Boiler Efficiency
A boiler is not worth the money paid if its efficiency cannot be maximized. This article will examine how to maximize boiler efficiency while reducing emissions from an operating and controls perspective....
Selecting Small Condensing Boilers
A boiler can consume several times its initial cost in fuel in a year. That, coupled with escalating utility rates and an increasing focus on energy and the environment, has engineers and contractors turning to an ever-expanding array of super- efficient condensing hot-water boilers....
Backward Piping
In the summer of 2003, we tendered a boiler-retrofit project at one of our large high schools. The project consisted of removing an existing boiler and...
Non-Locking Regulator?
Several years ago, I was called to a facility being constructed for the Ohio Air National Guard. Over the weekend, the boiler had exploded, which damaged...
Making the Connection
Boy! How am I supposed to defend my guy against this? the lawyer groaned. He pulled the oil-burner permit and started up the burner when the house was...
2005 AHR Expo: the Latest in Boilers/Burners
With only a day to spend and a little encouragement from my friends at HPAC Engineering I focused my attention at this year's International Air-Conditioning,...
More From the Show Floor
For those seeking the latest in boiler and burner technology, the 2005 AHR Expo had a lot to offer far too much for our boiler expert to see in the one...
Predicting the Performance of Heat Exchangers
Although heat exchangers usually are selected for unique sets of conditions, sometimes it is of interest to know how they will respond to changes in inlet...
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