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SmartPlate Application Guide for Boiler Interface 

SP-1010

 

 

Technical Application Guide

  

 

TAG-0026_0B

  

 

01/08/2016  AERCO International, Inc. 

 100 Oritani Dr. 

  Blauvelt, New York 10913 

 Phone: 800-526-0288  

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SmartPlate Application Guide  

for Boiler

 

Interface  

 

 

SP23 

 

SP33 

 

SP45 

 

SP69 

 

SP150 

 

 

SPDW23 

 

SPDW32 

 

SPDW42 

 

SPDW61 

 

SPDW113 

 

Summary of Contents for SmartPlate Series

Page 1: ...n this manual is subject to change without notice from AERCO International Inc AERCO makes no warranty of any kind with respect to this material including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular application AERCO International is not liable for errors appearing in this manual nor for incidental or consequential damages occurring in connection with the ...

Page 2: ...ature cannot be reset below that point 2 Purpose The intent of this guide is to enable the specifying engineer applying SmartPlate to ensure acceptable temperature control at the heater and minimize boiler cycling thus avoiding associated loss in system efficiency and physical wear and tear on the boiler 3 System Categories Most hydronic heating systems fit into one of two general application cate...

Page 3: ...ritani Dr Blauvelt New York 10913 Phone 800 526 0288 Page 3 of 15 However designers should always contact their local AERCO sales representative to perform the thermal buffer tank calculation discussed in the next section and confirm that sufficient thermal mass already exists in the system Figure 1 Single SmartPlate Heater SD A 772 rev C ...

Page 4: ...Boiler Interface SP 1010 Technical Application Guide TAG 0026_0B 01 08 2016 AERCO International Inc 100 Oritani Dr Blauvelt New York 10913 Phone 800 526 0288 Page 4 of 15 Figure 2 Multiple SmartPlate Heaters in Parallel SD A 773 rev C ...

Page 5: ... to ensure that the return water temperature to the non condensing boiler never drops below 140 F 3 2 Small Volume Systems Many of today s high efficiency systems incorporate small modular low mass condensing boilers operating with 40o F or 60o F temperature differentials This design reduces the volume of water in the system and requires the boilers to be capable of modulating quickly across a gre...

Page 6: ...nnection buffer tank the boiler water return from the SmartPlates should be located in the lower quarter of the tank and the outlet to the boilers should be located in the upper quarter of the tank Modulex should be installed with a 4 connection buffer tank The hot water inlet from the boilers and outlet to the system loop should be located in the upper quarter of the tank and the boiler water ret...

Page 7: ...ional Inc 100 Oritani Dr Blauvelt New York 10913 Phone 800 526 0288 Page 7 of 15 Figure 4 2 Port Buffer Tank and SmartPlate Heaters Piped as a Zone with Benchmark Boilers and Heating System This figure depicts boiler water piping only NOTE Figure 9 shows a variation of Figure 4 but with Benchmark dual returns SD A 792 rev D ...

Page 8: ...1 08 2016 AERCO International Inc 100 Oritani Dr Blauvelt New York 10913 Phone 800 526 0288 Page 8 of 15 Figure 5 2 Port Buffer Tank and SmartPlate Heaters as a Zone with Benchmark Boilers and Heating System with a Separate Zone Summer Pump This figure depicts boiler water piping only SD A 793 rev D ...

Page 9: ...TAG 0026_0B 01 08 2016 AERCO International Inc 100 Oritani Dr Blauvelt New York 10913 Phone 800 526 0288 Page 9 of 15 Figure 6 2 Port Buffer Tank and SmartPlate Heaters with Benchmark Boilers Dedicated to Domestic Water Heating This figure depicts boiler water piping only SD A 794 rev E ...

Page 10: ... Application Guide TAG 0026_0B 01 08 2016 AERCO International Inc 100 Oritani Dr Blauvelt New York 10913 Phone 800 526 0288 Page 10 of 15 Figure 7 4 Port Buffer Tank and SmartPlate Heaters with Modulex Boilers This figure depicts boiler water piping only SD A 796 rev D ...

Page 11: ...fficiency Boiler Type Choices include condensing firetube condensing cast aluminum scotch marine all watertube and all other boilers SmartPlate setpoint temperature SmartPlate model number Quantity of SmartPlates Domestic hot water building design load Building or Application Type Choices include elementary school high school hospital hotel laundry process office building prison residential apartm...

Page 12: ...Guide TAG 0026_0B 01 08 2016 AERCO International Inc 100 Oritani Dr Blauvelt New York 10913 Phone 800 526 0288 Page 12 of 15 Figure 8 4 Port Buffer Tank and SmartPlate Multiple Units with Boiler Side Buffer Tank as a Zone This figure depicts boiler water piping only SD A 783 rev D ...

Page 13: ... SmartPlate water with high temperature system return it would be an efficiency gain to pipe the lower return to the Primary inlet or standard inlet at the base and piping the higher temperature return to the Secondary or higher inlet This will allow the boiler heat exchanger to condense more due to the low temperature return of SmartPlate system Such applications can have efficiency gains up to 6...

Page 14: ... large instantaneous demand for a short period of time followed by a period with little or no demand until the next cycle it may be desirable to install a smaller sized economical SmartPlate with a storage tank Refer to Figure 10 for a diagram of such an application For storage tank sizing please consult your local AERCO representative Figure 10 Two SmartPlate Units with Storage Tank This figure d...

Page 15: ...on Guide TAG 0026_0B 01 08 2016 AERCO International Inc 100 Oritani Dr Blauvelt New York 10913 Phone 800 526 0288 Page 15 of 15 AERCO International Inc 2016 Change Log Date Description Changed By 01 08 2016 Rev B Various updates all Figures updated reference DIR 305 Chris Blair ...

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