Best Practices for Hydronic Systems Part 8: What Every Engineer and Installer Needs to Know About Suction Diffusers

Best Practices for Hydronic Systems Part 8: What Every Engineer and Installer Needs to Know About Suction Diffusers

Suction diffusers pack a lot of functionality inside their deceptively simple castings. Not only do they reduce turbulence in the water before it enters the pump, but they also play a critical role in….

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New Pump Efficiency Standards Part 1: They Are Here -- Now What?

New Pump Efficiency Standards Part 1: They Are Here -- Now What?

Heat pumps have them. Air conditioners have them. Even light bulbs have them. And now, for the first time in history, clean water pumps have them too.

We’re talking about efficiency standards, officially issued for pumps by the Department of Energy (DOE) on January 4, 2016. These new pump efficiency standards, which will take effect ...

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HYFAB Hot Water System Is Winning Play for Downtown Knoxville Hotel

The clock was ticking in more ways than one for the Holiday Inn in Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee this past August.

 With only weeks to go before the first 2012 home game between the University of Tennessee and Georgia State, the hotel was in the midst of a complete domestic hot water retrofit. 

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