Water seal used as a steam trap.

dopey27177

On one of the threads a water seal was shown on one pipe steam systems.

Taken from my book. A set up found in Manhattan in a building built in 1910.

Jake

jumper

I enjoy that book. Wonder about the original thinking behind those systems Jake describes?

dopey27177

Original thinking is I can' run a wet return in the building may have issues with condensate returning from the radiators because we have no drip leg to a wet return to handle condensate coming down the riser and steam going up the risers,

These old time engineers that designed the systems actually supervised these heating system installs and when problems developed had to find a solution or they would be out of business.

Remember LIFE SUCKS WHEN YOU FAIL.

jumper

My suspicion is that architectural constraints forced design compromises.

Hap_Hazzard

That hardly ever happens though, right?

dopey27177

Jumper

Thanks for the plug on the book.

Jake