Plumbing Hydronic Air Separator Size Calculator
Screen independently verified hydronic flow/gas-removal tests jointly, not steam vent capacity or nominal separator diameter; no guaranteed degassing or installation recommendation.
Description
Air-separator screening needs adequate flow and verified removal performance under matched conditions.
Air-separator screening needs adequate flow and verified removal performance under matched conditions. Both criteria must pass.1
The returned values include Caller jointly compatible air separator ids. The How section below explains the calculation, input rules and interpretation.
When to use Plumbing Hydronic Air Separator Size Calculator
Use Plumbing Hydronic Air Separator Size Calculator when you need to evaluate the supplied records under the calculation and evidence rules below. No guaranteed degassing, steam vent design or installation recommendation is supplied.
Prepare measured flows, pressures, temperatures or inventories with consistent units. For catalog tools, use independently verified capacities at the stated operating conditions and supply the explicit design demand.
How to use Plumbing Hydronic Air Separator Size Calculator and understand its results
- Prepare measured flows, pressures, temperatures or inventories with consistent units. For catalog tools, use independently verified capacities at the stated operating conditions and supply the explicit design demand.
- Enter callerAirSeparatorIds, callerVerifiedMatchedFlowLitersMinute, callerVerifiedMatchedGasRemovalFractions, observedSystemFlowLitersMinute, callerMinimumRequiredGasRemovalFraction using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
- Read callerJointlyCompatibleAirSeparatorIds. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
- If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type; see rules below | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| callerAirSeparatorIds | Caller air separator ids | list of string | Required |
| callerVerifiedMatchedFlowLitersMinute | Caller verified matched flow liters minute | list of number | Required |
| callerVerifiedMatchedGasRemovalFractions | Caller verified matched gas removal fractions | list of number | Required |
| observedSystemFlowLitersMinute | Observed system flow liters minute | number | Required |
| callerMinimumRequiredGasRemovalFraction | Caller minimum required gas removal fraction | number | Required |
Enter aligned nonempty unique nonblank IDs, nonnegative flow capacities and removal fractions 0–1, plus nonnegative system flow and required fraction 0–1. Return all jointly adequate IDs.
eligible=(capacity≥systemFlow) and (removalFraction≥requiredFraction) Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| callerJointlyCompatibleAirSeparatorIds | Caller jointly compatible air separator ids | list of string |
{
"input": {
"callerAirSeparatorIds": [
"a",
"b"
],
"callerVerifiedMatchedFlowLitersMinute": [
20,
30
],
"callerVerifiedMatchedGasRemovalFractions": [
0.5,
0.9
],
"observedSystemFlowLitersMinute": 25,
"callerMinimumRequiredGasRemovalFraction": 0.8
},
"output": {
"callerJointlyCompatibleAirSeparatorIds": [
"b"
]
}
}Limitations and assumptions
No guaranteed degassing, steam vent design or installation recommendation is supplied.
Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Numeric lists are limited to 10,000 entries; string lists to 128 strings of at most 128 characters each. The rules above may impose smaller limits. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use Plumbing Vacuum Breaker Size Calculator: Vacuum-breaker sizing needs air-admission capacity at matched conditions. A capacity catalog can screen candidates against a stated demand. For a complementary task, use Plumbing Combination Air Valve Size Calculator: Combination air valves need separate admission and expulsion capacities. Adequacy in one direction does not establish adequacy in the other.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Plumbing Vacuum Breaker Size Calculator
Vacuum-breaker sizing needs air-admission capacity at matched conditions. A capacity catalog can screen candidates against a stated demand.
- Plumbing Combination Air Valve Size Calculator
Combination air valves need separate admission and expulsion capacities. Adequacy in one direction does not establish adequacy in the other.