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CHAPTER 24
1956 Guide
temperature drop is used in determining water flow rates, and a total pump head of more than 30 ft is undesirable due to noise caused by high water velocity.
Panel systems involving several rooms and panels comprising a single zone, require that all coils be selected for the same inlet water tempera tures: Panel areas and pipe spacing must be selected to make this pos sible.
INSTALLATION DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AND CONTROLS
Installation details, as given in Chapter 22, Hot Water Systems, also apply to piping systems for panel heating. Control problems of panel heating systems are discussed in Chapter 39, Automatic Control.
Efficient venting of air from the coils may be obtained by arranging the circulation so that the air moves in the direction- of water flow to a high point in the system where an automatic float-type vent or connection to expansion tank should be provided for its release. Coils should be installed as nearly level as possible or, if they are on sloping surfaces due to structural conditions, they should be arranged to vent air at their high points. Arrangements of pumps, expansion tanks, drainage, and flow and return mn-ins may be generally the same as for conventional hot water heating systems.
SNOW MELTING
The practicability of melting snow by means of heated coils has been demonstrated in a large number of installations in sidewalks, roadways, ramps, and runways. In addition to eliminating the need for snow removal, other advantages gained are greater safety to pedestrians and vehicles, and reduction of labor in removal of slush from floors.
The design of a snow-melting system involves primarily (1) a determina tion of the heat requirement which depends on snow fall and atmospheric conditions, (2) the coil and piping design which depends on heat transfer from a panel and on friction loss in piping due to the circulating medium used, and (3) the selection or design of a heat exchanger for heating the cir culating medium.
DESIGN
Heating Requirements
The heating requirements for snow melting are affected by four atmos pheric factors: (1) rate of snowfall, (2) air temperature, (3) wind velocity, and (4) humidity. The effects of these factors can be evaluated by con sideration of the action of snow falling on a warmed surface.
The first flakes fall on a dry, warm surface, and are then warmed to 32 F and melted. The water from the melted snow soon forms a film over the entire area and starts to evaporate. The evaporation of the film is a mass transfer from the surface to the atmosphere. In addition, there is a heat transfer from the film to the ambient air and surfaces.
Both the mass and heat transfers attain a maximum only when the film is entirely free of snow. Theoretically this is impossible because some time will elapse while the snow is warmed to 32 F. For all practical purposes, however, it is permissible to assume the snow to be melted as fast as it falls so that the surface may be considered entirely free of snow. The ratio of free area to total area is known as the free area ratio, AtWhen At = 1, there is no snow on the surface and the mass and heat trans-
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Table 3. Snowfall Data fob Vabiotjs Cities*
ClTT Coll
NmMBEH 07 I BADXNQB VFITH Maxxmim TempejiATTJBE IN 6-Houb
PeitXOD BELOVv Fbeezin 3 AT Vabioxjs Snq WEall RaTES
Snowfa il Rate in Squivalen Inches o Water pe.r Six Hour3.
Total Readings
Taken
Assumed. Design Rate of
Snowfall6
0.00 to 0.24
0.25 to 0.49
0.50 to 0.74
0.75 to 0.99
s
Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 4 CoL 5
Col. 6
Col. 7
Albany, N. Y........... ............................... 2052
29
5
1 3720 0.16
Asheville, N. C..................... ....................
463
5
1
0 3536 0.08
Billings, Mont............................................. 1640
.4
0
0 3532 0.08
Bismarck, N. D......................................... 2838
0
0
0 3720 0.08
Boise, Idaho................................................ 1300
3
0
0 3720 0.08
Boston, Mass............................................... 1323
11
4
2 3720 0.18
Buffalo, N. Y............................................ 1871
23
3
1 3720 0.16
Burlington, Vt........................................... 2390
9
0
0 3720 0.08
Caribou, Maine.................... ..................... 1363
19
1
0 1672 0.26
Chicago, 111................................................ 1498
3
0
1 2976 0.08
Cincinnati, Ohio........................................ Cleveland, Ohio........................................ Columbus, Ohio ..........
Denver, Col................................................. Detroit, Minh.................... ......................
1045 1569 1351 1207 1830
30 2 .0 41 40 52
0 3720 0.08 0 3720 0.08 0 3720 0.08 0 3720 0.08 0 3720 0.08
Evansville, Ind........................................... 916
5
1
1 3720 0.08
Hartford, Conn.......................................... 1514
44
9
3 3720 0.25
Kansas City, Mo........................................ 1189
12
2
1 3720 0.16
Madison,-Wise........................................... 2370
5
2
0 3720 0.08
Minneapolis. Minn.........
2703 7 0 0 3720 0.08
Oklahoma City, Okla............................ ...
Omaha, Neb...............................................
Philadelphia, Pa......................
.
Pittsburgh, Pa............................................
Portland. Main*
613 1795 891 1365 2054
8 8 10 6 33
4 0 3720 0.16 1 .0 3720 0.16 2 1 3720 0.16 2 0 3720 0.08 4 1 3720 0.16
St. Louis, Mo
1088 5 0 1 3720 0.08
Salt Lake City, Utah............................... 1482
5
0
0 3720 0.08
Spokane, Wash................
1545 11 1 0 3720 0.16
Washington, D. C...................................... 533
7
2
1 3348 0.16
New York, N. Y."
0.16
Data from U. S. Weather Bureau. Based on readings taken 1:30a.m., 7:30a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. Gaily from November 15 to February 15 from 1940 to 1949. (Where the total readings are les than 3720 the
of record is less than 10 years). The difference between Col. 6 and the sum of readings in Cols. 2, 3, q' * is the number of readings with a maximum temperature (in the 6-hr period) above freesing.
The design rate is found as follows: Frooeed to left (on line from any city) from Column 5 until the column containing the tenth reading is found. Assume that the largo value in the heading of the selected ^*nnisan average maximum value, and should be multiplied by 2 to obtain the maximum rate for a 6-hour P6TM*!. This maximum rate divided by 6 is the design rate per hour. This is equivalent to dividing the tarer value in the heading of the selected column by 3.
. ?'r G^ruple; For Albany, N. Y. Columns 5 and 4 total six readings, and consequently the tenth reading b ui Column 3, which has the larger value of 0.49 in the column heading. Dividing 0.49 by 3, the design w^ter equivalent of 0.16 inches per hour is found, as listed in Column 7.
New York City record was not used in this tabulation since the records for that station were not oomParable with those of the other stations.
fers are at a maximum. When At = 0, the snow; covers the entire area and there is no mass or heat transfer.
Research on the insulating effects of snow indicate that there are just three practical values for the free area ratio, Ar; they are 1, 0.5, and 0. A general rule to follow is that emergency areas should be designed with