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There are many advantages to the traditional primary secondary chilled water design, overall simplicity being at the top of the list. So why has the industry leaned into variable primary…
Read MoreHydronic pumps all do the same basic thing—they circulate water. So why are there so many different types and configurations? And what criteria determines the best pump for a given application? That’s what we will be exploring in this series on "How to...
Read MoreIn variable speed pumping systems, does zero load ever result zero pump speed?
Practically speaking, the answer is no. In closed hydronic systems with 2-way valves there is almost always some amount of differential pressure created by continuous impeller rotation – even when....
Read MoreBy Chris Edmondson
There’s more than one way to pump a chiller or boiler system. In fact, there are five common approaches, and all but one includes some variation of our topic of late -- primary secondary pumping.
Variable Primary Pumping
Contemporary systems that do not utilize primary secondary pumping are typically known as variable primary systems. In this simple design, there is only one set of pumps (chiller or boiler pumps) creating flow for the entire system.
By Chris Edmondson
Piping in a primary secondary pumping systems as a whole can be quite complex, but when it comes to the “primary” part of the system, there are really only two approaches: Dedicated or Non-dedicated.
Figure 1 shows the chillers in a primary secondary system piped with one pump per chiller. If the chillers
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