Retrofitting coils
- Conditioning Components Co., Inc., Pasadena, CA (United States)
This article provides guidelines for maintaining efficiency by determining which coils require replacement and the selection of replacement coils to match the originals in terms of size, performance, materials, and material thickness. Coils in the Rio Hondo College have been in use 24 years. The author recently found an installation where the coils installed 20 years ago look like new, which is the result of a highly effective preventive maintenance program. But these exceptions are countered by some installations lasting considerably less time. Periodic coil inspections are the best way to find leaks and deterioration. Leaking coils have an unhappy way of announcing their presence through unwanted water on ceilings, walls, and machine room floors. Minuscule streams of water impinge on nonwater-tight housings or are picked up in the air stream to leak out of the ductwork. Coil return bends and headers seem to have the greater incidence of failure and should be checked first for pinhole or joint leaks. Also, check along the points where the tubes penetrate the tube sheets. The coil headers should be checked as should the tubes along the front and backside of the coil. The more rows the coil has, the more difficult this latter assignment becomes.
- OSTI ID:
- 194262
- Journal Information:
- Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning, Vol. 67, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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