Unique projects call for unique designs. The steam coils in this custom unit at John S. Roberts J.H.S. were vertically mounted with a horizontal airflow. This configuration was required to account for condensate build up.

Once the steam is in liquid form, it needs to exit the coil. If not, the liquid in the tubes will eventually freeze. As we all know, frozen water expands which can cause the coils to rupture.

In replicating this coil, one of the most important factors was to pitch the return header down, so gravity would naturally help drain out the condensate.

Full steam pressure would normally be able to push the condensate out of the coil. However, if the system is running on a half load or less than full pressure, it will need the help of the pitched header to drain out the condensate.

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