different heat recovery loops
different heat recovery loops
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Our organization has an atmospheric psi heat recovery system and it has recently been changed to a pressure loop system. What dynamic changes have taken place within the system?
The system is 40 years old and consist of plastic pipe. Although the pressures are not much higher then before we are experiencing pipe fitting leakage.
The system is 40 years old and consist of plastic pipe. Although the pressures are not much higher then before we are experiencing pipe fitting leakage.





RE: different heat recovery loops
Why did you disturb the system?
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: different heat recovery loops
RE: different heat recovery loops
For what it may be worth, components intended for pressurized operation can often be operated at atmospheric pressure with little or no adaptation needed.
I wish you luck with this nightmare!!!
Valuable advice from a professor many years ago: First, design for graceful failure. Everything we build will eventually fail, so we must strive to avoid injuries or secondary damage when that failure occurs. Only then can practicality and economics be properly considered.