Steam System Balancing and Tuning for Multifamily Residential Buildings: Chicago, Illinois. Building America Case Study: Technology Solutions for New and Existing Homes (Fact Sheet)

Technical Report · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1096675· OSTI ID:1096675

Steam heated buildings often suffer from uneven heating as a result of poor control of the amount of steam entering each radiator. In order to satisfy the heating load to the coldest units, other units are overheated. As a result, some tenants complain of being too hot and open their windows in the middle of winter, while others complain of being too cold and are compelled to use supplemental heat sources.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1096675
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102013-4063; KNDJ-0-40346-00
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (BTO); Work performed by Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit (PARR), Chicago, Illinois
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
STEAM SYSTEMS
STEAM BOILERS
STEAM SYSTEM BALANCING
STEAM SYSTEM TUNING
STEAM HEADERS
STEAM RISERS
RADIATOR
RADIATOR VENT
MAIN LINE VENT
MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS
TENANT COMFORT
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
RESIDENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
PARR
BUILDING AMERICA