1 pipe steam system to radiant floor

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I want to use a flat plate heat exchange on a 1 pipe steam system and use it to heat a small radiant system.  I would feed the steam in the bottom of the exchange and put a standard radiator steam vent at the top of the exchange.  I am worried that the small tubing in the exchange may cause a lot of noise with the condensation running back through the steam. Also I am concerned that there are other problems I have not considered.

Any feed back would be appreciated

Tom

Charlie from wmass

Why?

You do not need to make steam to make the low temp water used for radiant heating. A good steam pro can hook up the boiler to heat the radiant zone to run off your existing boiler but not that way.

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Charlie



Thanks for the reply



The building is a 12 story , 12 unit apartment building in San Francisco with a central 1 pipe steam system that serves the entire building.  The client wants to remove 3 or 4  one pipe steam radiators and replace them with a radiant heat floor panel system for about 1500 sq feet. of his 4000 sq ft apartment.  They want to do it for architectural design reasons. It's a big high end remodel.

I think the flat plate heat exchanges would work fine if it was a 2 pipe system but I am not sure about a one pipe steam system.  The manufactures of the flat plate heat exchanges are not sure either.  I do not have the luxury of running a dedicated line from the boiler room which is 8 stories down though other units.  If I can replace one the the radiators with a flat plate heat exchanger and  then build a small radiant system using  that flat plate as my heat source  I think I would be in good shape not to mention a genius.  I have installed many radiant heating systems an often use  a Taco tempering valve to dial in my floors that run at different temperatures .



 Although these flat plate exchanger are made to work with a 2 pipe system I am just not sure it would work with a 1 pipe system.  I am trying to avoid buying a exchanger and finding out later it does not work.  Hence my question.



Tom