13 Steps to Safely Clean and Maintain Heat Exchangers
13 Practical Steps to Heat Exchanger Maintenance and Cleaning A heat exchanger has a simple job. Exchange heat from one medium to another. If the heat exchanger is dirty or not maintained, it fails at this job, which increases costs to operate, stresses other parts of the systems, and reduces efficiency. Simple as that. Heat […]
Read full post »Rid Your Systems of Struvite and Vivianite
What is Struvite or vivianite? Struvite is formed when ammonia, phosphate, and magnesium come together to precipitate and initiate Struvite crystallization. Struvite can present itself as a white, brown, or yellowish hardened substance. Vivianite is a combination of iron, phosphorus, hydrogen, and oxygen and is formed during anaerobic digestion. Vivianite commonly presents as a deep […]
Read full post »The True Cost Of HVAC Scale
What can you, as the facility maintenance manager, do about limescale? Limescale and other water-formed deposits can cause a major loss of efficiency, increase operating costs, and minimize the life expectancy of capital equipment. But first, as a Facility Manager, how can you tell if your HVAC system is suffering from limescale build-up? 4 Signs […]
Read full post »Mechanical vs. Chemical Scale Removal: What Is Best For My Facility’s HVAC Equipment?
Scale or limescale is caused by mineral deposits in water becoming adhered to pipes, pumps and other hydronic system components. This adhesion is a natural occurrence when water is heated or cooled. Even the best-treated water contains scale deposits, however raw water deposits, including those from well and other underground sources, lakes, and ponds can […]
Read full post »New Years Resolution: Preventative Maintenance of HVAC System Servicing Data Centers
Data centers represent a unique challenge to building managers. The stacks of servers require large amounts of energy to constantly run, while also emanating large amounts of heat into the room. The challenge is keeping energy costs low in a building while running a high energy-consuming, heat-producing data center at peak performance. As a building […]
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