Sizing Hydraulic Separators ?

C.J.B

Can anyone tell me what the method or rule of thumb is for sizing a Hydraulic Separator, have not been able to find much on it

Glen

based on gpm of system

most applications will have a higher gpm on the system side than the boiler side. Its good to know both.

C.J.B

sizing hydraulic separators

Lets for say this instance both sides of the system have the same gpm.

Glen

then -

why do you need one? They are designed to decouple varying hydraulic flows. If flows are equal ...

L'town radiant

Handbook

Caleffi offers some great reading material on the subject...

http://www.caleffi.us/en_US/caleffi/Details/Magazines/pdf/idronics_1_us.pdf

Paul Rohrs_4

Here is the PDF from Caleffi with their flow rates

Regards,

Paul