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raident heat from steam condensate
tim haggerty_3
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Have steam boiler in the house. I'm thinking of a raidiant floor in the soon to be remolded kitchen. Can I use the steam boiler water (in conjunction with a mixing valve) for a raident floor?
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Tim H
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Tim H
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Of Course You Can!
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Using condensate for hydronic heating has an honored history here and elsewhere. I suggest indirect using a plate heat exchanger to keep the (presumably PEX) tubing clean and free of abrasive material. You have options of course.0 -
Steam condensate....
can be really nasty stuff...A plate exchanger while good for many things is in my opinion a less than good choice for a heatexch in a steam system...it will plug up sooner than most. I would reccommend something from tfi/everhot that is much more forgiving..a tankless coil in a steam boiler (seperate from the domestic water) has been used before or depending on the size of the job maybe a 20 gal electric water heater would fit the bill.......kpc
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Good point Kevin
on the Plate HX; they would tend to clog which is why I install a strainer upstream. But the use of an Everhot with it's more open passages is a much better idea and in fact what I have seen more often than not.
I use Plate HX's for their low approach values but do protect them with strainers (which I would recommend no matter what you use for an HEX).0
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