Efficiency & Turndown: Hype Vs. Fact About Gas Fired Water Heaters & Boilers

Efficiency & Turndown: Hype Vs. Fact About Gas Fired Water Heaters & Boilers

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Rheem Commercial Water brings together our family of brands to offer a comprehensive product portfolio designed to meet the water heating needs of any commercial project. Backed by a team of experts, providing personalized service including consulting, training, sizing, and technical assistance to ensure timely support when customers need it most.

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Turndown has been a hot topic for a while now, but it isn’t a magic solution. Join us in this one-hour course as we separate the hype from the facts about high turndown, looking at real-world applications. Participants will learn why its better to focus on combustion and thermal efficiency to achieve high efficiency.

Learning Objectives: 
  1. Recognize the different definitions of turndown ratio and explain how turndown became a contentious topic in terms of efficiency and sizing
  2. Summarize system challenges to achieving very high turndown, focusing on short cycling and boiler efficiency
  3. Articulate the real-world advantages and disadvantages of a higher turndown boiler by reviewing a case study
  4. Contrast combustion efficiency and thermal efficiency and illustrate how the terms are connected and what factors impact them
  5. Develop new and existing designs that achieve high efficiency by utilizing cooler return water to maximize efficiency of a condensing heater
Provided By: 
Rheem Commercial Water
Design Category: 
(22) Plumbing
Applicable Credits
1
AIA
HSW/LU CE Hour(s)
ID - IRPK22C
1
ASPE
CE Hour
1
RCEP
PDH(s) for Engineers
ID - 174341