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American' Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers Guide, 1930
Table 12 is for comparatively small vapor systems.^ One ounce pressure drop may be understood to mean that the water in the vertical pipe which drains the end of the supply main will stand about 2 in. higher than the water line in the boiler, under normal conditions.
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Chapter 20--Piping for Steam Heating Systems
Table 13 shows the pipe sizes for larger vapor systems than those in Table 12. Using these sizes, the water in the vertical pipe which drains the end of the supply main, will stand about 4 in. higher than the water line in the boiler under normal operation.
Table 14 shows the pipe sizes for vapor systems where a still greater difference in water line may be allowed between that in the boiler and in the return drop-pipe under normal operation. Where the basement
Table 9. Pipe Sizes for One-Pipe, Gravity, Low Pressure Steam Heating System, where Equivalent Length of Run from Boiler or Source of Supply to the Farthest Radiator does not exceed 200 ft.
Capacity in Sq. Ft. of Equivalent Radiation
Based on Total Pressure Drop of I or. per 100 ft.
PlFB
Size
Inches
Supply Main Dbippxd and Branches to Rimma Dripped
Steam and Condensate flowing in the same direction.
AB
% 1 56
m 122 m 190
2 386 ik 635
3 1163 3K 1737
4 2457
5 4546
6 7462
SOPPLT Risers Up-Feed
C 25 45
98 152
288 464
799 1144
1520
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Branches to
Supply Risers and Radiators
Not Dripped
Wet
Return Main
Dl E
26
55 81
165 260
475 745
1110
2180
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700
1200
1900 4000 6700 10,700
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Drt Return .
Main
Radiator Valve Sizes
and
Vertical Connections
FG
320
670 1058 2300 3800
7000
10,000
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'26 55 81 165
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING TABLE 9
1. Radiator branches more than 8 It. in length should be one size larger than shown
in Col.-D-
2. These tables apply where pipes are properly reamed. No allowances for defective material or workmanship have been made. (See Tables 7 and 8).
3. Capacities based on *4 lb. condensation per square foot per hour equivalent radiation and actual diameter of standard pipe.
4. Extra length to be added to straight run of pipe, for various fittings and valves to determine equivalent length. (See Table 4).
5. Where it is necessary to drip a steam main, branch to riser or risers, same should be dripped separately into wet return.
6. Pitch of mains should be not less than ]4 in. in 10 ft.; on horizontal branches to
radiators and risers at least in. in 10 ft.
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7. In general it is desirable not to have a supply main smaller than 2 in. in diameter. When the supply main is larger than 2K in. at the beginning, it is desirable that it
idiall not be smaller than 2K in. at the end.
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