<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Circulation pumps are mechanical devices, which are used to create the overpressure required for the transportation of a heat-transfer medium in heating technology as well as in other related technologies. In a circulation pump the mechanical energy generated by the drive machine – an electric motor is transformed to hydraulic energy, which consists of kinetic and static energy. In the pipeline of a heating system circulation pumps represent a source of hydraulic energy (positive differential pressure), which is consumed to transport the heat-transfer medium. During the flow, the heat-transfer medium puts up resistance to the so-called passive resistors, which consist of pressure losses from friction in the pipes and pressure losses due to local resistance. In this article the authors analyze the effect of a circulation pump on the operating costs in an apartment building. Different types of circulating pumps, ranging from the most unfavorable to the optimal, were selected.</p></abstract>

Circulation pumps are mechanical devices, which are used to create the overpressure required for the transportation of a heat-transfer medium in heating technology as well as in other related technologies. In a circulation pump the mechanical energy generated by the drive machine – an electric motor is transformed to hydraulic energy, which consists of kinetic and static energy. In the pipeline of a heating system circulation pumps represent a source of hydraulic energy (positive differential pressure), which is consumed to transport the heat-transfer medium. During the flow, the heat-transfer medium puts up resistance to the so-called passive resistors, which consist of pressure losses from friction in the pipes and pressure losses due to local resistance. In this article the authors analyze the effect of a circulation pump on the operating costs in an apartment building. Different types of circulating pumps, ranging from the most unfavorable to the optimal, were selected.

Reducing The Operating Costs Of An Apartment Building

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Building Services, Radlinského 11, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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Circulation pumps are mechanical devices, which are used to create the overpressure required for the transportation of a heat-transfer medium in heating...

Reducing The Operating Costs Of An Apartment Building

Publicado en línea: 14 oct 2015

Páginas: 28 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjce-2015-0015

Palabras clave
Circulation pump, energy efficiency, energy saving

© 2015 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology

This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Reducing The Operating Costs Of An Apartment Building

Publicado en línea: 14 oct 2015

Páginas: 28 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjce-2015-0015

Palabras claveCirculation pump, energy efficiency, energy saving

© 2015 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology

This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Palabras clave
Circulation pump, energy efficiency, energy saving