The Department of Energy (DOE) pump standards goes into effect on January 27, 2020. This affects projects you are sending out to bid right now! …
Department of Energy Pump Standards [Part 5] – Your Choice of Variable Frequency Drive
My March 11th blog article concerning The Department of Energy Standards for centrifugal pumps raised questions about the engineer’s or owner’s choice of variable frequency …
Bell & Gossett Centrifugal Pump 2020 Energy Conservation Standards Webinar
Bell & Gossett will be hosting a public webinar in conjunction with the ASHRAE Journal on May 14th focused on what engineers need to know …
Department of Energy Pump Standards – Modify Your Specification
The Department of Energy (DOE) Standards for centrifugal pumps will start to affect construction projects that you are designing today. These standards for minimum pump …
AHRI Includes Plate Heat Exchanger Testing – FAQs
The ASHRAE Energy Standard 90.1 and the 2015 Michigan Energy Code require the AHRI plate heat exchangers used in heating and cooling applications be tested …
Thermal Expansion Tanks: When is the ASME Label Required?
One of the more frequent questions we are asked has to do with ASME label requirements for the thermal expansion tank on water heaters. When …
Hydronic Chilled and Condenser Water Pipe Sizing per the Michigan Energy Code
The R. L. Deppmann Monday Morning Minutes will look at near pump piping over the next several weeks. Let’s start by looking at pipe sizing …
Michigan Rolls ASHRAE 90.1-2013 into the 2015 Michigan Energy Code
The 2015 Michigan Energy Code is changing with an expected effective date of September 20, 2017. The long expected changes to the code were filed …
Bell and Gossett Part Load Efficiency Value Part 2: How to use PLEV
In the last Monday Morning Minutes post, we introduced the PLEV, or Part Load Efficiency Value from Bell and Gossett. This week we look at some …
Bell and Gossett Part Load Efficiency Value
The last three Monday Morning Minutes have introduced the U.S. Department of Energy 2020 pump standards. The Standard looks at efficiency of pumps equally at …