I doubt I’ll need more than 100hr??..but honestly not really sure how to calculate that… I’ll be heating 2 6x36 jacketed honey pots and a 16” horizontal collection… god damn I fucking hate plumbing.
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What pump are you using to recirculate the water
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Possibly the pump that came with the tankless…? if that would work…did I mention I hate/know nothing about plumbing? Lol. This is the pump and tankless I currently have https://xtractordepot.com/products/tankless-water-heater?variant=31713356218483
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Fuck that, buy a grundfos hot water recirculating pump. Set it up on a loop with manifold.
Holy shit that’s the most expensive heater I’ve ever seen.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00128FO2I/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_txLQFbGV8YCRV
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012QGVRC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_9BLQFbHG7DTKP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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What kind of connection is that. I’m unfamiliar so I didn’t link that one
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Lol ya the investor went to Xtractordepot and they talked him into buying that
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Haha he got green taxed harrrrd
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Lmao. Some people have to much money.
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Lol any plumbers in LA that can hook this up?
Also here’s how I have the plumbing inside the room mapped out. Into the bottom of the first honey pot, out the top, down to bottom of second pot then to the main collection and out. Here’s a rough diagram that looks like a 7 year old drew lol. This seems like the most logical flow to me. Any suggestions?
I use mine to circulate 2 different jacket setups and my sink. Thinking of adding a hose bib so it serves four functions. I don’t like wasting instahot.
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It’s about capabilities and control. Standard water heater thermostats suck. Most tankless have digital controls and get you to the degree. Not a 20degree range.
That 12kw tanked heater almost certainly never fires all 12kw at once, it will have two zones that fire in an either/or fashion. So you’ve got four times the actual heating available in that tankless.
There is math for how much heat you need to add & remove to recover X amount of solvent in Y amount of time. It’s lying around here somewhere.
I seem to recall that 20lb/min was on the order of 55kW, but I don’t recall who’s guesstimates that is based on. I just plugged in the numbers and told the boss “nope, that 50kW tankless will NOT get you 20lb a min, no matter how many tubes are in the heat exchanger…consider aiming at 10”.
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What is the benefit to running the heating loop in series instead of paralleled on manifolds with individual valves for each jacket feed?
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What are the honey pots for?
Transferring what’s left in the main collection into the honey pot, recovering that and pouring out while dumping a new run into the empty main collection.
Well I talked with our partner/investor today and got him on board to just running a super long power line into the second building. Soo looks like I’m back to 24kw tankless lol. Thank you a lot for the advice. Haha as soon as I said there’s a possibility I could run out of water and there being downtime waiting for water to heat up was immediately like ok we’re going with the tankless lol
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How much hot water are you using and where? 12 kw is about:,
(1) Kw = 3,412.14 btu/h X 12 Kw= 40,946 btu/hr
180F outlet temp– 50F inlet temp = 130F delta Temperature
40,946 btu/hr/ 130F = 315 lbs hr heated
231 in3 X .0361 lb/in3 for water = 8.34 lbs per gallon
315 lbs/8.34 lbs/gal = 38 gallons at 180F, starting at 50F inlet temperature
If you run less than 180F or cool it down by mixing with cold water, you will get more gallons per hour flow out of it.
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I believe your math is off sir.
3412.14 x 12kw is 40,945 btu/hr
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The math is still right, it was the numbers that I misspelled. Thanks for pointing it out to me so I could fix it!
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