HTP 500 HL, Installation & Start-Up Instructions

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LP- 446 REV. 9.3.14
K. ROOM AIR, INDOOR COMBUSTION, AND VENTILATION AIR
INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
When using an indoor combustion air installation, the mechanical room MUST be
provided with properly sized openings, and/or be of sufficient volume to assure
adequate combustion air and proper ventilation for all gas fired appliances in the
mechanical room to assure adequate combustion air and proper ventilation. The
requirements shown here are for the boiler only. Additional gas fired appliances in
the mechanical room will require an increase in the net free area and/or volume to
supply adequate combustion air for all appliances. This must be done in
accordance with the National Fuel Gas Code, NFPA 54 / ANSI Z223.1.
This boiler can be vented using mechanical room air only for combustion. No
combustion air openings are needed when the boiler is installed in a space with a
volume NO LESS than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 BTU/hr of all installed gas fired
appliances and the
building MUST NOT BE of “Tight Construction”.
TIGHT CONSTRUCTION: A building with less than .4 ACH (air changes per hour).
For buildings of “Tight Construction”, provide air openings into the building from the
outside.
Indoor and outdoor combustion air may be combined by applying a ratio of
available volume to required volume times the required outdoor air opening(s)
size(s). This must be done in accordance with the National Fuel Gas Code, NFPA
54 / ANSI Z223.1.
1. If air is taken directly from outside the building with no duct, provide two
permanent openings to the mechanical room each with a net free area of one
square inch per 4000 BTU/hr input. See Figure 21.
2. If combustion and ventilation air is taken from the outdoors using a duct to
deliver the air to the mechanical room, each of the two openings should be sized
based on a minimum free area of one square inch per 2000 BTU/hr input. See
Figure 22.
3. If air is taken from another interior space combined with the mechanical room:
a. Two spaces on same story: Each of the two openings specified
should have a net free area of one square inch for each 1000 BTU/hr
input, but not less than 100 square inches.
b. Two spaces on different stories: One or more openings should have a
net free area of two square inches per 1000 BTU/hr.
See Figure 23 for reference.
4. If a single combustion air opening is provided to bring combustion air in directly
from the outdoors, the opening must be sized based on a minimum free area of
one square inch per 3000 BTU/hr. This opening must be located within 12” of the
top of the enclosure. See Figure 24.
Combustion air requirements are based on the latest edition of the National Fuel
Gas Code, NFPA 54 / ANSI Z223.1, CGA Standard CAN/CSA B149.1 in Canada.
Check all local code requirements for combustion air.
All dimensions based on net free area in square inches. Metal louvers or screens
reduce the free area of a combustion air opening a minimum of approximately
25%. Check with louver manufacturers for exact net free area of louvers.
Where two openings are provided, one must be within 12” of the ceiling, and one
must be
within 12”of the floor of the mechanical room. Each opening must have a
net free area as specified in Table 14
. Single openings shall commence within 12”
of the ceiling. The minimum dimension of air openings should not be less than 3”.
Figure 21
– Combustion Air From Outdoors
Figure 22
– Combustion Air Through Ductwork
Figure 23
– Combustion Air From Indoors
Figure 24
– Combustion Air From Outdoors – Single Opening