Anti-Gravity Loops Meaning
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:40 am
Can any commercial plumber please help me out and answer the following question for me?
What is an anti-gravity loop and what is its purpose? We have a tank fed pressurization unit, with a cold feed to the heating flow header. As the cold feed enters the flow header, the pipework sets up about a foot, and then drops back down into the header. On some systems i have seen the p/w will rise to the highest point in the boilerhouse and then drops back down to low level.
Ive noticed the majority of the anti-gravity loops have an automatic air vent on the horizontal pipework at the higest point.
What are there purpose as its a tank fed heating system. And is pressurizied through the pressurization unit?
Any help would be appreciated.
What is an anti-gravity loop and what is its purpose? We have a tank fed pressurization unit, with a cold feed to the heating flow header. As the cold feed enters the flow header, the pipework sets up about a foot, and then drops back down into the header. On some systems i have seen the p/w will rise to the highest point in the boilerhouse and then drops back down to low level.
Ive noticed the majority of the anti-gravity loops have an automatic air vent on the horizontal pipework at the higest point.
What are there purpose as its a tank fed heating system. And is pressurizied through the pressurization unit?
Any help would be appreciated.