Resin, The Ant-Man of Boilers

Ant Man hit theaters July 17th with Paul Rudd playing hero Scott Lang. Ant Man is a character from the Marvel Universe who can shrink to the size of -you guessed it – an ant. Along with his ability to shrink, he has super human strength. He truly is the tiniest protector of the Marvel Universe. The tiny protector in the ’Boiler Universe is called resin.

Resin is a collection of tiny beads that are negatively charged and are located inside a water softener. Their purpose is simple: to protect your boiler. They do this by filtering the water before it enters your boiler. If these tiny protectors were not present, the minerals in the water would cause pitting and scaling in your boiler which greatly reduce heat transfer efficiency.

Resin plays a pivotal role in keeping your water clean. It is something that you typically don’t see but is at the heart of your water softener. Without it, the feedwater to your boiler would be filled with impurities that would significantly reduce the useful life of your boiler.

So how does it work?

Water enters the water softener ’hard“.’ Hard is another way of saying that it is full of minerals and dissolved solids. These minerals are positively charged. When they flow through the water softener and across the negatively charged resin beads, an ION exchange occurs and the minerals attach themselves to the beads. This allows clean soft water to pass through to your boiler system.

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2015 Rocky Mountain Chapter Gas Processors Association Annual Conference

The GPA Rocky Mountain Chapter (GPARMC) is a Non-Profit Organization committed to serve as a forum for exchanging ideas and information regarding the Midstream Industry and provide opportunities for social interaction with others involved in the industry in the local Rocky Mountain area.

Pentad in conjunction with Adwest Technologies and GEA Heat Exchangers, will be hosting a booth at the upcoming Rocky Mountain GPA Conference on Thursday November 19th, 2015. This year’s location for the event is the Denver Marriott City Center

1701 California Street.

If you plan to attend please stop by our booth to visit Randall Miller and Brian Cannon of Adwest, and discuss Adwest’s RETOX Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) for Flameless NOx-Free VOC abatement air pollution solutions at booth #11.

For more information, email us at admin@pentadassoc.com!

19th Annual Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair!

If you plan to attend the Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair – please stop by Booth #2 and visit with Randall Miller.

He will be pleased to discuss Zeeco Flare Equipment, Adwest RETOX Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers, and TM Filtration Gas Filtration Equipment / Fluid Engineering Strainers.

The Oil & Gas Fair runs Tuesday September 15th thru Thursday September 17th, 2015 at the Casper Events Center

RMAEE 16th Annual Energy Forum is Coming Up!

The RMAEE 16th Annual Energy Forum will be here in Colorado on October 22, 2015 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the Denver Police Protective Association (PPA) Event Center. Participants will receive 6 Continuing Education Hours. Lunch and continental breakfast are included with paid admission of $65 for RMAEE members and $85 for nonmembers. This price ends at midnight October 20th. At the door registrations – the prices increase $10 each. Students with Valid ID will be admitted for free. Free parking is available in the lot across the street from the PPA venue. Continental Breakfast and Registration Opens at 7:30 AM. Conference and speakers start at 8:30 AM.

To buy tickets, copy-paste this address into your address bar on a new tab.

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/rmaee-16th-annual-energy-forum-october-22-2015-tickets-18434423858?aff=es2

The preliminary agenda goes as follows,

ðåð´ EPAðÌð•s Clean Power Plan – William Allison (Air Pollution Control Division Director) will present on ColoradoðÌð•s possible responses to the EPAðÌð•s 111d Clean Power Plan rule and how to engage in that effort.

ðåð´ ESCO Case Studies Session – Key stakeholders (such as client and ESCO representatives) will present case studies that demonstrate ways of overcoming challenges and successes in using the ESCO model to implement energy efficiency projects in Colorado.

ðåð´ Net Zero Energy Projects in Army Facilities – This presentation will highlight work done by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and the Army to advance net zero energy at Army facilities.

ðåð´ Colorado State University Solar PV Case Study – Carol Dollard will discuss financing, installation, and results of this solar array at CSU.

Lunch

ðåð´ Keynote – Ron Binz, former PUC chair and visionary leader towards the Grid 2.0, will discuss policy developments and new technologies impacting energy generation, consumption, and transmission.

ðåð´ Energy Efficiency in Agriculture – Sam Anderson of the Colorado Dept. of Agricultural will talk about funding sources and various programs, including small hydro, available to promote energy efficiency and energy production in the ag sector.

ðåð´ Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) – Paul Scharfenberger, CPACE Program Manager for the Colorado Energy Office (CEO), will provide an

overview of this program to provide financing for energy efficiency in ColoradoðÌð•s commercial building stock.

ðåð´ Investor Confidence Project – Tracy Phillips will discuss the various ICP protocols, how they are being implemented on Colorado projects, and how these protocols may interact with initiatives such as CPACE.

ðåð´ DC Microgrids – John Phelan is the Energy Services Manager for Fort Collins Utilities, leading the team that provides energy efficiency, conservation, demand response and renewable energy services will discuss the new Utilities facility in Ft Collins including the use of a DC microgrid.

The speakers and order of presentations are subject to change.

For more information, email us at admin@pentadassoc.com.

All About Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers

Pentad Associates can help you save -“ When you are looking to replace some of your Heat Exchangers. We offer several basic Shell & Tube configurations in which these can be offered in various custom designs upon request. We offer interchangeable units to such companies as Thermal Transfer, Young Radiator, ITT, Basco, Bell & Gosset, along with others in the industries.

Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers:

Replacement Heat Exchangers to many of the major brands in today’•s marketplace such as ITT, Basco, Thermal Transfer, Young Radiator, Bell & Gosset, along with others. These units are offered as direct replacements to existing units in the field. In most cases, all that would be necessary to price a unit, would be the existing model number. We also offer computer aided design to size for your particular application.

Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers:

Stainless Steel corrugated plates that are brazed together using copper at high temperatures. The result is a compact, rugged, leak tight, high efficiency heat exchanger. Channels are formed between the plates in which ports are arranged for counter-current flow. A seal is formed throughout the periphery of the unit by the brazed copper.

Plate & Frame Heat Exchanger:

Stainless Steel corrugated plates that are pressed together in an Industrial Fabricated Frame. Compact design ease of maintenance, efficient heat transfer performance. The plate & frame using stainless steel plate are compact, rugged, leak tight, and highly efficient. Channels are formed between the plates in which ports are arranged for counter-current flow. A seal is formed throughout the periphery with the use of gasketing. Units can be taken apart for cleaning and restoring unit efficiencies.

Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers:

Copper tube aluminum fin along with all aluminum plate & Bar core, offered in various designs and configurations depending on requirements. Complete units two include selected core, motor, fan, and shroud. Air Cooled units are offered for various applications such as Oil Cooling, as Cooling, & Water Cooling. Computer aided design is also offered with these units.

Replacement Tube Bundles:

Replacement shell & tube U-tube bundles. Various materials such as Cu. , Steel, Cu Ni, Stainless. Titanium, Hastelloy, as well as others. Replacements to Taco, ITT, Basco & others.

Coils:

Copper Tube Aluminum Fin and all aluminum cores built to design specification, or can be sized with dimensional information. Chilled & Hot Water, Steam, & Refrigerant cores, available in many various configurations depending on application requirements.

Shell & Coil Heat Exchangers:

Counterflow Heat Exchanger made all of 316L Stainless Steel. Helically Corrugated tubes coiled in a spiral tube bundle supply high heat transfer efficiency. Compact Design, Light weight, High Efficiency make the shell & Coil Heat Exchanger an excellent choice for many applications such as water to water, gas dryers, steam heaters, oil coolers, along with many other applications.

U-Tube Tube Heat Exchangers (ASME Code):

PW & PS design heat exchangers for liquid to liquid and liquid to steam. U-Tube Construction available in either 2 or 4 pass on the tube side. Removable Tube Bundles for convenience in cleaning and inspection. Strong durable 304 Stainless Steel tubes are standard construction with Steel Shell. Tubes are expanded into tube sheet to allow for expansion and contraction due to thermal fluctuations. Units equipped with mounting saddles/feet.

SS-Line Heat Exchangers (Pool Heaters):

All 316L Stainless Steel Construction. Corrugated Shell & Tube design that delivers excellent thermal performance even with fouled media. Very compact design all stainless construction make it an excellent choice when compared to Cu Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers.

New Neptune MP7100

The Neptune Series MP7100 is a mechanically-actuated diaphragm metering pump engineered from the ground up to be more robust and durable than similar mechanical diaphragm pump designs. The MP7100 pump incorporates the ruggedness of a hydraulic diaphragm metering pump, eliminates the need for intermediate fluid or hydraulic oil to actuate the diaphragm and reduces the potential for gearbox oil to contaminate the process. The result is a pump design that provides reliable and accurate dosing of a wide range of mild to aggressive chemicals, including those used in industrial and municipal water & wastewater treatment, chemical processing and agriculture. The MP7100 finned gearbox dissipates the heat created during normal operation more readily than other designs. The straight-through flow design of the MP7100 liquid end and the elimination of the contour plate result in improved flow characteristics, making the pump well-suited for pumping difficult chemicals such as viscous fluids, shear sensitive fluids and fluids with suspended solids.

For a copy of the brochure, email us at admin@pentadassoc.com!

The Boiling Point: Boiler Tubes

Ware’s newest Boiling Point features Ritchie Ware and Glyn Lockhart discussing one of the most vital systems of a boiler, the boiler tubes! Glyn tells us abou common lengths, the cutting process, and gives us a demo too. for more information, visit their youtube channel and watch their video.

Here is the link to the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ratZJFly4Ds

Enjoy!

GEA Heat Exchangers will Exhibit at IDEA’•s 28th Annual Campus Energy Conference

GEA Heat Exchangers will be in Denver February 10th to 13th, 2015 to exhibit at IDEA’s 28th Annual Campus Energy Conference sponsored by the Campus Forum of IDEA.

The theme of the Conference Is Clean Campus Energy for the Next Generation“ and will take place at the Sheraton Denver Downtown, Denver, Colorado.

Please contact us for more details.