Bent-Watertube Design Makes Heating System Shipshape
The center had relied on a high-temperature, hot water distribution network to heat three large warehouses, covering 1 million sq ft for housing, which contain the central distribution that serves the facility. Water was heated to 350 degrees F before being pumped through underground pipes to heat exchange equipment that connected to individual heating loops in each building. The water lost up to 100 degrees of heat as it went through the naval base and returned to a central utility plant for reheating.
Stoermer-Anderson (Cincinnati), the equipment supplier and subcontractor, teamed with the D-B experts from Syska Hennessy to carry out the task of supplying and installing the new system while keeping the hot water plant in operation full time. A team of engineers under Syska project manager Bob Geremia spent four months onsite, renovating the existing space and installing the new equipment.