Sludge, Scale and Bouncing Boilers
Clogging up heating surfaces is sort of like having all the traffic lights in your town turn red at the same time, and then stay red. Most movement just stops. In the cas...
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Recent Articles in Steam Heating
Radiators and Pandemics: A Curious Marriage
This video is a recording of Dan Holohan's popular seminar Radiators and Pandemics: A Curious Marriage. It was hosted by The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen on M...
How Frank and John Taught Me To See
In 1989, when I was thinking about writing a book called, “The Lost Art of Steam Heating,” I went to see a young engineer named Frank Gerety. He had written a small book ...
How To Get The Best From One-Pipe Steam
How To Get The Best From One-Pipe Steam
A Practical Manual for Heating System and Boiler Optimization, Maintenance, Loss Prevention, Replacement, and Installation
By Fr...
How Vacuum Can Cause Steam Problems
Back in the old days when most folks burned coal, vacuum was just about everyone’s friend. That slow and steady coal fire produced a steam that gently nudged the air from...
How to Size a Condensate Pump
Most manufacturers rate their condensate pumps in square feet EDR. You can easily convert whatever boiler rating you have to square feet EDR by using these conversion fac...
How to Make Steam Heating More Efficient: A Special Seminar
In this webinar, hosted by The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen on November 10, 2020. Steam heating expert Dan Holohan describes how steam heating is supposed to ...
Sustainable Steam Heating
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Things You Should Know About Steam Traps
Most of this, I had to learn the hard way. Perhaps you’ve done the same, but in case you haven’t, please allow me to save you some heartache. All of this is the absolute ...
Steam Velocity Table - Weil-McLain Oil Boilers
This is a header and riser steam velocity table for Weil-McLain Oil Boilers (includes Weil-McLain Gold Series, Williamson OSB, and Union Steam OSB).
Thank you to Ted Par...