Hot Water and Steam System Cycles

At its simplest, a HW heating cycle is the circulation of HW from a boiler (or heat pump or similar device) through a supply and distribution piping system to various appliances and then back to the boiler. Hot water systems are hydronic systems and, when of any size, are designed to operate via various primary and secondary circuits. These circuits are provided with their own circulating pumps of different capacities to provide proper layout flow, usually to perimeter-wall m-tube convectors, fan coil units, or other space heating equipment. 

Apart from meeting space heating demands, many HW (and LP) steam boilers provide a heat source for domestic HW systems by the incorporation of a bank of finned copper coils located within the top section of the boiler. From these coils indirectly heated water is deliv- 

In heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system designs, the hydronic heating systems also may incorporate cooling or chilled water circuits, laid out as two-pipe or four-pipe systems. These terms typically refer to  

The steam system cycle is a regenerative water heating, steam generation and delivery, and condensed steam recovery cycle. It involves the operation and management of a boiler(s) and some or all of the auxiliaries and balance of plant equipment discussed in Chapters 2 and 3. 

The complexity of the steam system cycle varies enormously in its simplest form, where the steam is used to provide space heating (via radiators) or process heating (via a steam coil), it is essentially equivalent to a HW heating system cycle. 

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