SECTION 15487 -DOMESTIC WATER HEATERS AND HEAT EXCHANGERS

PART 1 -GENERAL
1.1
RELATED DOCUMENTS
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Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including Conditions of Contract and Division 1 Specification Sections,
apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY
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This Section includes the following for domestic water systems:

Electrical, storage domestic water heaters.
Steam, storage domestic heat exchangers.
Water to water heat exchangers.
Accessories.

1.3 SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type and size of heat exchanger. Include rated capacities; shipping, installed, and operating weights;
furnished specialties; and accessories.
1. Sample Warranty: Copy of manufacturer's proposed warranty, stating obligations, remedies, limitations, and exclusions.
B. Manufacturer's Literature and Data:
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Heaters.
Valves.
Steam Control Valves.
Thermometers.
Gages.
Vacuum Breakers.

C. Shop Drawings: Detail heat-exchanger assemblies and indicate dimensions, weights, loads, required clearances, method of field
assembly, components, and location and size of each field connection.
1. Wiring Diagrams: Power, signal, and control wiring. Differentiate between manufacturer-installed and field-installed wiring.
D. Product Certificates: Signed by manufacturers of heat exchangers certifying that products furnished comply with requirements.
E. Maintenance Data: For heat exchangers to include in maintenance manuals specified in Division 1.

F. Warranties: Warranties specified in this Section.

1.4
QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Source Limitations: Obtain same type of heat exchangers through one source from a single manufacturer.
B. Product Options: Drawings indicate size, profiles, and dimensional requirements of heat exchangers and are based on specific units
selected. Other manufacturers' products complying with requirements may be considered. Refer to Division 1 Section "Product
Requirements."
C. Electrical Components, Devices, and Accessories: Listed and labeled as defined in NFPA 70, Article 100, by testing agency
acceptable to Engineer.
D. ASME Compliance: Fabricate and label heat-exchanger, hot-water storage tanks to comply with ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code: Section VIII, "Pressure Vessels," Division 1.
E. ASHRAE Standard: Comply with performance efficiencies prescribed in ASHRAE 90.1, "Energy Efficient Design of New
Buildings except Low-Rise Residential Buildings."

1.5 WARRANTY
A. Manufacturer's Warranty: Provide written warranty, signed by manufacturer agreeing to repair or replace components of heat
exchangers that fail in materials or workmanship within specified warranty period.
1. Warranty Period: [5] <Insert number> years from date of Substantial Completion.
PART 2 -PRODUCTS
2.1 MANUFACTURERS
A. Available Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, manufacturers offering products that may be incorporated into
the Work include, or approved equal, the following:
1. Storage Water Heaters:
a. Ajax Boiler, Inc.
b. Amtrol, Inc.
c. Burnham Corp.
d. Cemline Corp.
e. Diversified Berdell Group, Inc.
f. Heat Transfer Products, Inc.
g. Patterson-Kelley Co.
h. Smith: A. O. Smith Water Products Co.

2. Storage Heat Exchangers:

a. Ajax Boiler, Inc.
b. Armstrong International, Inc.
c. Graham Manufacturing Co., Inc.
d. Cemline Corp.
e. Patterson-Kelley Co.
f. Precision Parts Corp.
g. RECO Industries, Inc.
h. Smith: A. O. Smith Water Products Co.
2.2 STEAM, DOMESTIC STORAGE WATER HEATERS
A. Description: Steam.
B. Storage-Tank-Shell Orientation: Vertical. Include round steel skirt with flanged base and steel lifting lugs welded to the shell.
C. Storage-Tank-Shell Construction: ASME-code steel or stainless steel with 1035-kPa (150psig) working-pressure rating, suitable
for operating on voltage, phase and cycle, shown in the schedule on drawings.
1. Tappings: Factory fabricated of materials compatible with tank for piping connections, relief valve, pressure gage, thermometer,
blowdown, vent, anode rods, and controls as required. Attach tappings to tank before testing and labeling. Include ASME B1.20.1, pipe
thread.
2. Interior Finish: Materials and thicknesses complying with NSF 61, barrier materials for potable-water tank linings. Extend finish into
and through tank fittings and outlets.
3. Insulation: Manufacturer's standard, unless otherwise indicated, and suitable for operating temperature. Surround entire tank except
connections and controls.
a. Commercial Application: Comply with ASHRAE 90.1.
4. Jacket: Steel, with enameled finish, unless otherwise indicated.
5. Anode Rods: Factory installed, magnesium.
6. Access Door: hinged with safety interlock to prevent opening the door without interrupting the power.
D. Steam accessories for storage calorifiers:
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A. Isolation Valve: Bellows sealed stop valve shall be with SG Iron bonnet and cast iron bodies to design condition PN16 and
KS10 and have flanged connection with face to face dimension confirming to DIN3202 F1. They shall incorporate a non raising
hand wheel and a open / closed indicator. The bellows shall be manufactured from titanium stabilized stainless steel. Stop valve
shall confirm to DIN 3230 B01 & ISO 5208 rated A on leakage.
Strainer: Strainer shall be Y type strainer with Cast Iron body and flanged connection to body design condition PN16. Strainer
shall incorporate a perforated or mesh, stainless steel or monel strainer screen.
Temperature Control System;

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Self Acting Control Valve: Self acting control valves shall be normally open type with phosphor bronze pressure balancing
bellows and flanged connections. They shall have Cast Iron bodies and stainless steel main valve assembly.
Self Acting Controller: Self acting controller shall be immersion or wall mounting type with a brass sensor and actuator and a
PVC covered copper capillary tube. They shall be used with 2 port or 3 port valves, have adjustment at the sensor head and may
include stainless steel sensor pocket.

4. High Limit Control System

Self Acting Control Valve: Self acting control valves shall be normally open type with phosphor bronze pressure balancing
bellows and flanged connections. They shall have Cast Iron bodies and stainless steel main valve assembly.

Self Acting Controller: Self acting controller shall be immersion type with a brass sensor and stainless steel actuator. They shall
have a PVC covered copper capillary tube and a stainless steel pocket. They shall be used in conjunction with a high limit cut
out device coupled to an appropriate self acting valve and the control system shall be deemed and intrinsically safe high
temperature limiting system, giving safe guard over heat protection.

High Limit Cut Out: High limit cut outs shall be bronze body and screwed connections. They shall incorporate a visual red
indicator and an optional micro switch facility for a remote audio / visual indicator. They shall incorporate a manual reset.

Vacuum Breaker: Vacuum breaker shall be with brass bodies and screwed Connections. Vacuum breaker shall have stainless
steel internals and be suitable for steam.
Automatic Pump Trap Unit: Automatic pump trap shall be operated by steam to maximum 13.80 bar g. No electrical energy
shall be required. Body material SG Iron (DIN 1693 GGG 40.3 dual satisfied with ASTM A395) with a swing type inlet check
valve and a ball type outlet check valve. The internal trap mechanism shall contain dual stainless steel floats connected with a
two stage trap, while the internal pump mechanism shall be a stainless steel single tension spring snap -action device with no
external seals or glands. The pump trap shall be flanged PN16 with BSP motive fluid connections.

E. Heating System: Steam

F. Control: Adjustable thermostat and high limit control.
2.3 HEAT-EXCHANGER ACCESSORIES
A. Combination Temperature and Pressure Relief Valves: ASME rated and stamped and complying with ASME PTC 25.3. Include
relieving capacity at least as great as heat input and include pressure setting less than heat-exchanger working-pressure rating.
Select relief valve with sensing element that extends into tank.
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Option: Separate temperature and pressure relief valves are acceptable instead of combination relief valve.
Exception: Omit combination temperature and pressure relief valve for tankless heat exchanger, and furnish pressure relief
valve for installation in piping.

B. Pressure Relief Valves: ASME rated and stamped and complying with ASME PTC 25.3. Include pressure setting less than heatexchanger working-pressure rating.
C. Vacuum Relief Valves: Comply with ASME PTC 25.3. Furnish for installation in piping.
1. Exception: Omit if heat exchanger has integral vacuum-relieving device.
D. Thermometers: Rigid stem or remote sensing, dial type; aluminum, black metal, stainless steel case, back connected; bi-metal
actuated, with circular dial 90 mm (3-1/2 inches) in diameter graduated from 4 to 100
C (40 to 210
F), with two-degree graduations guaranteed accurate within one scale division. Socket shall be separable, double-seat,
micrometer-fittings, with extension neck not less than 65 mm (2-1/2 inches) to clear tank or pipe covering. Size for 20 mm (3/4inch) pipe threads. Thermometers may be console mounted with sensor installed in separate thermometer well.
PART 3 -EXECUTION
3.1 CONCRETE BASES
A. Install concrete bases of dimensions indicated, or otherwise required, for water heaters and heat exchangers. Refer to Division 3
Section "Cast-in-Place Concrete" and Division 15 Section "Basic Mechanical Materials and Methods."
3.2 HEAT-EXCHANGER INSTALLATION
A. Install heat exchangers on concrete bases, level and plumb, according to layout drawings, original design, and referenced
standards. Maintain manufacturer's recommended clearances. Arrange units so controls and devices needing service are
accessible.
B. Anchor heat exchangers to substrate.
C. Install seismic restraints for heat exchangers. Anchor to substrate.
D. Install temperature and pressure relief valves in top portion of storage tank shells of heat exchangers with storage. Use relief
valves with sensing elements that extend into shells. Extend relief valve outlet with water piping in continuous downward
pitch and discharge onto closest floor drain.
E. Install pressure relief valves in water piping for heat exchangers without storage. Extend relief valve outlet with water piping in
continuous downward pitch and discharge onto closest floor drain.
F. Install vacuum relief valves in cold-water-inlet piping.
G. Install vacuum relief valves in heat-exchanger, storage tank shells that have copper lining.
H. Install heat-exchanger drain piping as indirect waste to spill into open drains or over floor drains. Install hose-end drain valves at
low points in water piping for water heaters that do not have tank drains. Refer to Division 15 Section "Plumbing Specialties"
for drain valves.

I. Install thermometers on heat-exchanger inlet and outlet piping. Refer to Division 15 Section "Meters and Gages" for thermometers.
J. Install pressure gages on heat-exchanger piping. Refer to Division 15 Section "Meters and Gages" for pressure gages.
K. Fill heat exchanger with water.
3.3
CONNECTIONS
A. Piping installation requirements are specified in other Division 15 Sections. Drawings indicate general arrangement of piping,
fittings, and specialties.
B. Install piping adjacent to heat exchangers to allow service and maintenance.
C. Connect hot-and cold-water piping with shutoff valves and unions. Connect hot-watercirculating piping with shutoff valve, check
valve, and union.
D. Make connections with dielectric fittings where piping is made of dissimilar metal.
E. Electrical Connections: Power wiring and disconnect switches are specified in Division 16 Sections. Arrange wiring to allow unit
servicing.
F. Ground equipment.
1. Tighten electrical connectors and terminals according to manufacturer's published torque-tightening values. If
manufacturer's torque values are not indicated, use those specified in UL 486A and UL 486B.
3.4 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL
A. Engage a factory-authorized service representative to perform startup service.
B. In addition to manufacturer's written installation and startup checks, perform the following:
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Test and adjust controls and safeties. Replace damaged and malfunctioning controls and equipment and retest until satisfactory
results are achieved.
Verify that piping system tests are complete.
Check for piping connection leaks.
Check for clear relief valve inlets, outlets, and drain piping.
Check operation of circulators.
Test operation of safety controls, relief valves, and devices.
Energize electric circuits.
Adjust operating controls.
Adjust hot-water-outlet temperature settings. Do not set above 60 deg C (140 deg F) unless piping system application requires
higher temperature.

3.5
LEAKAGE TEST
A. Before connections are made, test heaters with hydrostatic pressure of 1375 kPa (200 psi) and prove tight.
3.6
PERFORMANCE TEST
C (120 F). and a
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of 54

C (130

A. Prove system is balanced and a minimum of 49

F). is available at the most remote outlet from heaters.

3.7 DEMONSTRATION
A. Engage a factory-authorized service representative to train Employer's maintenance personnel to adjust, operate, and maintain
heat-exchangers. Refer to Division 1 Section Demonstration and Training and Closeout Procedures.
1. Schedule at least four (4) hours of training.
END OF SECTION 15487