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Sizing Hydraulic Separators ?

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C.J.B Member Posts: 5

July 2008 in THE MAIN WALL

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

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  Glen Member Posts: 854

  July 2008

  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.

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  C.J.B Member Posts: 5

  July 2008

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

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  Glen Member Posts: 854

  July 2008

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

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  L'town radiant Member Posts: 36

  July 2008

  Handbook
  
  Caleffi offers some great reading material on the subject...
  
  http://www.caleffi.us/en_US/caleffi/Details/Magazines/pdf/idronics_1_us.pdf

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  Paul Rohrs_4 Member Posts: 466

  July 2008

  Here is the PDF from Caleffi with their flow rates
  
  Regards,
  
  Paul

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