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CHAPTER 26
1959 Guide
dripped into the wet-return, the air venting at the end of the mm is suwnmplishwi by an air vent passing through a thermostatic trap into the dry-return line as shown in Fig. 49. On low-pressure or vacuum systems, the ends of the
steam to take place. The low-pressure steam therein gen erated is passed directly to the low-pressure, steam mains, and the condensate is discharged through a second trap to the low-pressure or vacuum return. A typical arrangement of a flash leg, with sizes required for varying capacities, is given in fig. 52.
CONNECTIONS TO HEATING UNITS
Riser, radiator, and convector connections must not only be properly pitched at the time they are installed, but must
Determining Length of Offset Pipe
steam mama are dripped and vented into the return through drip traps opening into the return line. A float and thermo static type trap is recommended for dripping steam mains and risers as indicated in Figs. 50 and 51.
The dripping of high-pressure mains, or of equipment tiring high-pressure steam into low-pressure or vacuum re-
Rg. 50... . Dripping End of Steam Main-into Dry Return
Rg. 49.... Dripping End of Mam into Wet Return
turns, is generally accomplished by the use of a flash tank or flash leg into which the high-pressure trap is arranged to discharge. This **nk provides the required space for the flashing from high-temperature condensate to low-pressure
MAM
POCKET
Rg. 51.... Dripping
Heel of Riser into
Dry Return
be arranged so. that the pitch will be maintained under the
strains of expansion and contraction. These connections may
be made by swing joints which permit the expansion or con
traction to occur under heating and cooling without bending
of pipes. To take care of expansion in long risers, either
expansion joints of commercial construction or pipe swing
joints are used. Anchoring of pipes between expansion joints
is desirable.
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Two satisfactory methods of making runouts for one-pipe
systems for either the up-feed or the down-feed type are
Table 12.... Dimensions Applying to Rg. 52
Steam Hearing Systems
PLAN
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Rg. 57.... Typical Connections tofinnedi Pipe Convector
Heating Coils Arranged for Series How of Air
Rg. 54.... Two-Pipe Top and Bottom Opposite End Radiator Connections
Hung on Wall
Rg. 59.... Typical Connections to Finned-Tube Blast Heating Coils Arranged for Parallel Flow of Air
Rg. 52.... Rash leg installation for 80 Psi Maximum Steam Working Pressure
Rg. 60....Typical Connections to Rnned-Tube Blast Heating Coils of the Steam Distributing or Nonfreeze Type