Operating Conditions For Buderus G And Ge Cast Iron Boilers; Operating Conditions Ge - Buderus Logano GE615 Installation And Maintenance Instructions Manual

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Start up the heating system
5.5

Operating conditions for Buderus G and GE cast iron boilers

5.5.1 Operating conditions GE 615

Thermostream technology is a unique feature of Buderus cast iron boilers. Return water is preheated and mixed within
the boiler before it comes in contact with the heated surface of the combustion chamber. The Thermostream technology
ensures there is an even temperature distribution in the boiler and avoids condensate forming within the combustion
chamber. This reduces thermal stress, the main cause of failure of normal cast iron boilers. The benefit of this technology
is that if the minimum boiler operating temperature of the boiler is maintained (see table below), there is no need for a
conventional shunt pump to be installed, saving the cost of a pump, the electricity it consumes and the breakdown it can
cause. The minimum boiler operating temperature as shown in the table below must be reached within 10 minutes and
then be maintained while the burner is running.
Minimum flow
Boiler controls rate through
the boiler
Buderus 4000 none
with control over
all heating
circuits
Where the none
Buderus control
is not controlling
the heating
circuits ie
External control
(BMS) or
Constant
temperature
control with
Buderus 4212
with ZM427
Tab. 13
1) This temperature has to be reached within ten minutes of the burner starting and has to be maintained whilst the burner is firing.
This operating condition can be easily achieved by the controls monitoring the boiler temperature and reducing the flow
rate through the boiler until the required temperature is reached. This is then maintained by continuing to control flow
based on the boiler temperature. The controls can reduce the flow rate by closing the valves on the mixed heating circuits
or by modulating the boiler primary pumps or by closing the motorised butterfly valves or by having a motorised valve in
the boiler return on a single boiler installation. The Buderus 4000 series controls can manage this process or it can be
done by the BMS.
If it is not possible for the controls to regulate the flow sufficiently to meet this operating condition then a shunt pump
circuit must be fitted to avoid the type of thermal stress that all boilers would experience in these conditions. This shunt
pump circuit can be controlled either with a Buderus 4000 control or with a Buderus 4212 fitted with a ZM427 module.
Failure to ensure that the operating condition is maintained may lead to thermal stress in the boiler and eventual failure of
the sections which would be outside the scope of the warranty.
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Minimum
Minimum boiler
return water operating
temperature temperature
for oil
none
50 degrees
none
50 degrees
Logano GE615 - We reserve the right to make any changes due to technical modifications.
Minimum
boiler
operating
temperature
for gas
1) 1)
50 degrees
1) 1)
60 degrees
Other
conditions
none
none