On to the Next…
Just as soon as one bird leaves the nest, another one arrives. The heat exchanger for our next Fluid Handling System came in today. This FHS will be heading to Fort Myer, VA as part of a solar water heating system being installed by our friends at Southern Energy Management. Fort Myer is an historic […]
The FHS Is Bethesda Bound!
The Fluid Handling System prepared for the Warrior Transition Unit left for Bethesda, MD today. If you’ve been wondering how we were planning to get a 5,000 pound solar hot water tank loaded on to the back of a flatbed tractor trailer, check out the video below. I must admit, watching it leave was like […]
Retrieving Flow Meter Data from Duke
Headed back out to Duke to retrieve our flow meter. It will be interesting to see where the data leads us. The hot water line this meter was attached to services the food court in the Bryan Center. This food court has five or six fast food style restaurants, so we would anticipate the dish-washing […]
A Visit from the Governor’s Military Affairs Advisor
Every cloud has a silver lining. The winter storm that walloped Bethesda, MD this week delayed us from shipping out the Fluid Handling System for the Warrior Transition Unit. The bright side is that Col. John Nicholson (ret.), the Military Affairs Advisor to the Governor’s Office, was able to pay us a visit today and […]
Going Strong Since 1978!
Competitors of the Fluid Handling System are the various old line HVAC manufacturers that make tanks, heat exchangers, etc. They include the water heater manufacturers. These people are component suppliers. None of them make a complete package. The Fluid Handling System design is unique because it includes all of the following components: insulated tank heat […]
Dr. Ben Goes To Duke
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Bryan Center on the beautiful campus of Duke University. The Bryan Center serves as a hub for a variety of student activities including a food court with several restaurants. So the demand for hot water should be worth assessing. The only way to find out, of course, […]
Steve Kalland Checks Out The Fluid Handling System
Well, the Fluid Handling System for the solar hot water system being installed at the Warrior Transition Unit in Bethesda, MD is scheduled to ship out next week. So we were very pleased that Steve Kalland, Executive Director of the North Carolina Solar Center, was able to accept our invitation to see this FHS before […]
Pitt County Jail – Flow Meter Results
Good news!!! After a few hours of evaluating the raw data retrieved from the flow meter that we installed in the mechanical room of the new Pitt County Jail Annex, we have been able to determine some very important things. Over the 123 hour period that we had our ultra-sonic meter attached to the facility’s […]
Measuring Hot Water Consumption in a Corporate Cafeteria
Back out in the field again today! Research Triangle Park is home to many global corporations looking for ways to go green. Installing a solar hot water system for a corporate cafeteria is one of the most effect strategies for embracing renewable energy on corporate campuses. I had the opportunity to meet with some of […]
Installing a Flow Meter…
Walking into any building’s mechanical room for the first time is always a bit confusing, especially if your job is to try and make sense out of the rat’s nest of piping that usually constitutes the water heating system. My recent trip to a county detention center in eastern North Carolina was no different, of […]