Transcript Pipe Freeze Protection - California Detection Systems

Pipe Freeze Protection
XL-Trace Systems
•Pipe Freeze Protection
and Flow Maintenance
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System Overview
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Applications
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Above or Underground
Freeze Protection
– General Water Piping
– Sprinkler Piping
Flow Maintenance
– Grease Disposal Lines
– Fuel Lines
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Consequences of system failure
• Frozen or clogged pipes
• Environmental hazard from spills
• Equipment damage
• Loss of production
• Life-safety issues
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Determine Design Conditions
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Select Heating Cable Output
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Pipe Heat Tracing
Remember: Heating cable
only maintains the
Ambient
temperature of stagnant
temperature
fluid by replacing the heat
lost through the thermal
insulation
Heating cable
Heat Loss
power output
Pipe size (D)
Insulation
thickness
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Determine Voltage & Jacket
•Select Heating Cable Voltage
•Select Outer Jacket
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Determine Heating Cable Length
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Determine Heating Cable Length
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Select Temperature Controls
• Manual control
• Ambient thermostat
• Line sensing thermostat
• Solid-state Controller
• Tie into BMS
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Controls
DigiTrace 910
Solid-state Temperature Controller
with Ground Fault Protection
AMC-1A
Ambient sensing Thermostat
AMC-F5
Fixed 40°F setpoint Thermostat
AMC-1B
Line sensing Thermostat
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Determine Number of Circuits
•Use the heating cable number to determine the
maximum circuit length
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Calculate Transformer Load 16
•Use the total amount of heating cable and the
maximum A/ft from table 7 to calculate the total
transformer load.
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RayClic Components
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Product line - 6 connections
• RayClic-PC
• RayClic-T
• RayClic-S
• RayClic-X
• RayClic-PS
• RayClic-PT
Power Connection
Tee
Splice
Cross
Powered Splice
Powered Tee
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Accessories
• GT-66
Glass tape
• AT-180
Aluminum tape
• ETL
Warning labels (every 10’)
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