Weil-McLain 88 Water and steam boilers — Series 2 —
for Gas, Light Oil, & Gas/Light Oil-Fired Burners
16
Part No. 550-100-068/1009
Connect steam boiler piping
General steam piping information:
Hartford loop piping arrangement and wet return are required for
1.
steam boilers. Use the Hartford loop for both pumped-return and
gravity-return systems.
Maintain 24-inch minimum from waterline to bottom of header (63"
2.
from bottom of section).
When using condensate receiver, feed pump must be energized by
3.
boiler-mounted pump controller.
Install piping:
4.
Install piping as shown on
a.
page 17 through page 18 for single boil-
ers. See page 19 for additional requirements when piping multiple
boilers.
Return pipe sizing.
b.
Pumped return — Size return piping by pump.
s
Gravity return — Size gravity return same as Hartford loop
s
equalizer pipe size.
Drain valve — Install system drain valve in lowest part of return
c.
piping close to boiler. See Figure 17, page 15, for sizing.
Cold water fill piping — Connect cold water fill piping as shown in
d.
Figure 20. Also shown are recommended valves and water meter,
if used. Water meter will detect added makeup water, indicating
leaks in system.
Condensate return piping:
e.
Satisfactory operation of any steam heating system depends on
s
adequate return of condensate to maintain steady water level.
Avoid adding excessive amounts of raw make-up water.
s
Where condensate return is not adequate, a low water cutoff
s
with pump control, condensate receiver, and condensate boiler
feed pump should be installed.
See
s
Figure 21 for piping and Figure 22 for sizing.
Cold water fill piping
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Condensate piping to boiler
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Condensate receiver capacity required
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Boiler
model number
I=B=R gross output
(lbs steam per hour)
Gallons condensate
per hour
Minimum condensate receiver capacity (gallons) (Note 1)
Recommended condensate
feed pump capacity
GPM at 15 PSI
15-minute boiler
operation
30-minute boiler
operation
45-minute boiler
operation
60-minute boiler
operation
488
810
97
29
58
87
116
3.2
488R
794
95
28
57
85
114
3.1
588
1084
130
39
78
117
156
4.3
688
1358
163
49
98
147
196
5.4
788
1632
195
59
117
176
234
6.5
888
1904
228
68
137
205
273
7.6
988
2170
261
78
157
235
313
8.7
988R
1991
239
72
145
217
289
8.0
1088
2452
294
88
176
265
353
9.8
1088R
2304
277
83
166
249
332
9.2
1188
2724
327
98
196
294
392
10.9
1288
3000
360
108
216
324
432
12.0
1388
3270
392
117
235
353
470
13.1
1488
3550
426
127
255
383
511
14.2
1588
3820
458
137
274
412
550
15.3
1688
4090
490
147
294
441
588
16.4
1688R
3980
478
143
287
430
574
15.9
1788
4370
524
157
314
471
629
14.5
1888
4640
557
167
334
501
668
18.6
Note 1 — Maximum time to when condensate returns to boiler — the longer the time for condensate to return, the larger the receiver must be.