I have a chilled water system with the following equipment:
-16 chillers 600 gpm each
-6 constant speed primary pumps 1600 gpm @ 85 ft of water each.
-Three sets of variable speed secondary pumps.
* 1st set 4 pumps 1800 gpm @ 130 ft of water. (serving low level)
* 2nd set 2 pumps 700 gpm...
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I am checking the fire drawings of a project, The fire pump is sized to be 1500 gpm, but as per NFPA 14 section 7.10.1.1.5 "The maximum flow rate shall be 1000 gpm (3785 L/min) for buildings that are sprinklered throughout, in accordance with NFPA13, Standard for the Installation of...
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I have four chillers system (three 223 TR (446GPM) and one 183 TR (364gpm)), the bypass between primary pumps header (one pump dedicated for each chiller) and secondary pumps header is 8". I was reading about bypass and chillers sequence of operating, I found out that Train recommends...
