Commissioning Lead/Lag Pumping Operations: Part I, Identifying a Designer’s Intent
If a system was designed to operate in lead/lag, but lead/standby was implemented, it would not be able meet the flow requirements during the highest load periods.
I would like to thank Rebecca Ellis, P.E., for her 25 years’ worth of contributions to this publication. She has made, and continues to make, significant impacts on this industry, and I am grateful to be able to call her my boss, mentor, and friend. I am honored to be taking over this column.
When it comes to operating HVAC systems, there are many operational concepts that are widely accepted. And while the implementation of these concepts has been attempted over and over, I’m astonished by the number of pitfalls that prevent them from being successfully executed.