Air/dirt eliminator brings former Air Force base's maintenance costs back to earth
To help alleviate these problems, McClellan Park's vice president and construction manger, Taryn Breen, looked to Greg Schnable of Clyde Equipment Co. Inc., Spirotherm's manufacturer's rep in the northern California area, to provide a solution. Schnable met with Breen and showed him a working demo of the Spirovent® combination air eliminator/dirt separator manufactured by Spirotherm. The separator employs the patented Spirotube® coalescing/barrier medium to scrub air and dirt from hot and chilled water systems, allowing it to break free of the flow path. The air is released through a patented air release mechanism while the dirt falls to the bottom and collects in the dirt chamber where it can be blown down through a manual or automatic blow down valve.
In March of 2002, after viewing the product demo, the first of 20 Spirovent dirt or combination air/dirt separators was purchased and installed at McClellan Park.