Programs to Meet Your Needs
(Seminars Information Brochures)
- All seminars are three days long, beginning at 8:30 AM on Monday, finishing at 3:30 PM on Wednesday.
Please plan your travel so that you can stay for the entire program.
Modern Hydronics Basic Seminar
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- Discuss the advantages of properly designed hydronic systems
- Describe how to size boilers, pumps, piping, compression tanks and hydronic specialties for hydronic systems
- Apply rules of thumb to design simple systems
- Use the Bell & Gossett System Syzer to complete typical calculations
Modern Hydronics Advanced Seminar
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- Discuss the advantages of properly designed hydronic systems
- Use the Bell & Gossett System Syzer to design more complicated systems
- Recognize when standard design techniques may lead to poor design decisions
- Discuss the differences between conventional design and conversion applications
- Apply the basics of primary-secondary pumping to simple zoned systems
Design & Application Seminar
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- Employ pump selection principles
- Use the System Syzer in advanced calculations
- Identify the importance of control valve sizing in hydronic systems design
- Recognize the importance of proportional balance
- Compute flow requirements in primary-secondary systems for energy savings
- Recognize the components of system pressure and apply the fundamentals of tank sizing
Steam System Design
Seminar
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- Discuss the development of modern steam system components, design ideas, and terminology
- Discuss common boiler controls and boiler operating principles
- Size steam and condensate piping using nomograms or software
- Use ESP Plus to size pressure and temperature regulators
- Recognize how to avoid the damage mechanisms typically at work in steam heat exchangers
- Apply steam traps to solve system problems
- Describe the basics of condensate pumping equipment applications
Service &
Maintenance Seminar
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- Discuss the major limits on seal performance
- Recognize the need for correct piping at the pump
- Apply recommended trouble shooting tables
- Measure and apply pump gauge readings to solve typical system problems
- Recognize the need for routine pump service procedures.
Operation
& Maintenance of Steam Systems
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- Increase the reliability of common boiler controls through routine observations and periodic tests
- Describe typical system component interactions
- Improve troubleshooting ability
- Avoid common mistakes in system operation
Large Chilled Water Systems Design
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- Identify and evaluate pumping alternatives for the secondary loop
- Apply ESP Plus to compute pump annual operating costs
- Discuss the impact of proper sensor selection and location
- Describe the benefits of good hydronic balance in large systems
- Compare the economics of alternative pumping methods
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