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FALL POWERFAX 938 Aerial view of group of hos pital*. At the extreme left in the distance is the Indiana Rotary Club unit of the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. At its right u the Riley Hos pital. Buildings in thefore ground, left to right are: Nurses' Home, Wm. H. ColemanHospitalfor Wom en, Robert W. Lang Hos pital, andthe Indiana'Uni versity School of Medicine and Hospital. In the dis tance is the City Hospital. CDeaerator Cslimiyiales r.Tm- ' i Titi MBfjpspi ` ` V* (Corrosion Elliott domestic hot water deaerator installation, which assures corrosionless hot water and freedom from pipe renewals for Indiana University Hospital. INDIANA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GROUP OVER COMES PIPE PITTING TROUBLES By J. A. GERLACH, Sales Engineer, Elliott Company, Indianapolis, Ind. { ndiana university, Bloom buildings has constantly increased I ington, Ind., maintains its from an average consumption, in medical center, including 1928, of 50,000 g.p.d., to 105,000 medical college and attendant hosg.p.d. in 1932, with a peak condi pitals in Indianapolis, Ind. This tion in early 1932 of 146,000 g.p.d. group of buildings, shown in the Undoubtedly, new buildings and aerial view, consists of the James hospital units will be erected in Whitcomb Riley Memorial Hos the future which will impose still pital for Children, Rotary Con heavier duty on the hot and cold valescent Ward, Medical School, water supply system. Robert W. Long Hospital, Cole ' The hot and cold water service man Maternity Hospital and the lines are of galvanized wrought Ball Nurses' Home. iron, pipe. A short time ago, evi- The requirement of softened hot aeheesTjfpitting and corrosion ap and cold water for this group of peared in the domestic hot water lines, which trouble was traced to the presence of dissolved oxygen and other non-condensable gases. Mr. Charles R. Ammerraan, Consulting Engineer, Indianapo lis, Ind., was retained to investi gate what could be done to elim inate the continual trouble of bursting hot water service lines, due to corrosion pitting. After a thorough study, a 20,000-g.p.h. Elliott low-temperature vacuum type deaerator was installed. The size was such as to take care of the expected load demands on the hot water system and to assure the medical center of proper pro tection for the future. The deaerator unit included the horizontal gas separator, vapor condenser, motor - driven air re moval pump and auxiliary steam [28] CRIMDEBN00000325