5 overhead process considerations – HP QuarterHorse Series 0.25 hp Portable Chiller PS-025 User Manual

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2-5 Overhead Process Considerations

If your application has chilled water or process piping above the reservoir fill and vent
level, install a standpipe to a point 1’ (30 cm) above the highest point in the system.

In applications where the process or its piping is 15 feet (4.6 m) or more above the
reservoir, you must take steps to prevent over-pressurization of the reservoir. This
condition can occur on system shutdown when the water in the system drains into the
reservoir.

To prevent this, install a check valve in the unit

TO PROCESS

line and a vacuum

breaker at the high point of the return

FROM PROCESS

line. See Figure 4 below for

more information.

Note: The reserve capacity of the reservoir can hold a volume equal to 20 feet (6.1 m) of 1-inch

(2.5 cm) pipe.

Figure 4

Overhead Piping

Vent

6" Min.

Process Return

Process Supply

1/8"

Hole

Vacuum Breaker

Assembly

Cap

Check

Valve

1/4"

12"

Add check valve

if system piping

extends 15 feet

above reservoir.

Strainer

The reservoir vent & fill line

to be piped 12" above the highest

point of the system. The vent line

must remain open to the atmosphere.

Indicates end of Application Engineering piping

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