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Balancing A Variable Flow Water System Will Ruin the Control System

From Kele Inc.
 

 

Many seminars and technical sessions have been held to outline procedures for balancing variable flow water systems. Most of these sessions recommend "Proportional Balance." When this technique is used, all control valves are set wide open and the circulating pump is operated at maximum speed. If the pump is not sized for the sum of total coil loads, then each coil balancing valve is adjusted for proportional flow. For example, if the pump will handle 80% of the total coil load, then each coil would be balanced for 80% of the specified coil G.P.M.

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