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    A flow rate question?

    Thanks for all the info, i had left some of the basics out of the sketch, their is an expansion drum on the line and is a coolant not water that will be running through it. High points of the pipework will have air bleeders installed and we will have a valve at each side of the heat exchanger to...
  2. PhilSham

    A flow rate question?

    Hi guys, thanks for the info, it's the 3H units that are being used. I drew up a quick sketch of the planned arrangement, pump would be fitted on the start of the feed line. LittleInch and georgeverghese, i would say your guys are right, it would be 5 times the requirement plus 10% allowance to...
  3. PhilSham

    A flow rate question?

    Hi all, I'm trying to work out the flow rate for a pump to heat a chicken house. The farmer has already laid pipe and wants to size a pump. Its a two pipe system, feed and return with 5 water to air heat exchangers Link. He appears to have the first two in parallel, the next two in parallel and...
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    Pump sizing question for heating jacket.

    Thanks for the info guys, I've been told that the pump will need to supply 10 Cubes, i know that the laterals will not all evenly receive this, the middle ones might get 1/16 of the flow while the bottom ones will get more and the top ones will get less. That is just the nature of the system i...
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    Pump sizing question for heating jacket.

    Hi All, Hope someone can help me, i'm trying to size a pump for a heating jacket of a closed loop system (Flow 10 Meters cubed per hour). The loop would go as follows, Hot water supply (DN50 Pipe) - Pump - Manifold to 16 lateral pipes - Return manifold - Hot water return. My fluid dynamics is...
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