Insulate the DA Tank?
Insulate the DA Tank?
(OP)
How common is it for DA tanks to be insulated and do you recommended we do so and why?
I'm working with our boiler vendor and installer on the final punchlist for a new 200 hp Miura Boiler and one item I had suggested they needed to do was to insulate the DA tank. They've agreed to insulate the piping coming from the DA Tank for safety reasons and the blow down piping from the boiler to the separator, but didn't feel it was necessary to insulate the DA tank.
Photo of DA Tank attached.
Thanks in advance.
I'm working with our boiler vendor and installer on the final punchlist for a new 200 hp Miura Boiler and one item I had suggested they needed to do was to insulate the DA tank. They've agreed to insulate the piping coming from the DA Tank for safety reasons and the blow down piping from the boiler to the separator, but didn't feel it was necessary to insulate the DA tank.
Photo of DA Tank attached.
Thanks in advance.





RE: Insulate the DA Tank?
Do the heat loss from this unit, and figure out how much more steam you'll have to feed it if it's left un-insulated.
The equipment vendor should know better. And if the contractor didn't know that insulation was required, then he simply shouldn't be bidding on jobs like this.
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Still all in all, TBP's answer has it right. It is strictly a matter of heat loss and steam cost. What by the way is the operating pressure of this tank?
rmw
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