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1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Infrared Heat Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.0 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Clearance to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.0 Equipment Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Basic Application for Infrared Heaters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Heat Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Utilities, Fuel & Electrical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Type of Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.0 System Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Design Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mounting Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Special Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Series Specific Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.0 Sample Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fire Station Apparatus Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Aircraft Hangars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Car/Truck Washes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Body Shops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle Maintenance Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Auto Service Garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Pole Barns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Dog Kennels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Residential Garages/Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Golf Ranges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lease Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Manufacturing Facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.0 Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
7.0 Field Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.0 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Building Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Heat Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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1.0 Introduction Overview
Overview
This guide has been created to assist engineers, distributors and contractors in applying the wide range of Re-Verber-Ray products. It is the goal of this guide to offer practical assistance by outlining design criteria for a wide range of applications. Every type of application has specific concerns that need to be addressed when applying our many lines of Re-Verber-Ray equipment. Through practical experience, we have compiled this information.
This guide begins with basic application steps to be followed, then an explanation of heat loss calculations, followed by sample installation and design criteria. In order to give you a place to start, the steps needed to properly apply infrared heaters are outlined below. The information is divided in such a way that if you know how to compute a heat loss you can proceed to the General Principles Guide and Application Examples. For your convenience, reference materials such as pipe sizing charts and spot heating charts are provided following the application examples. When using this guide, you will find it helpful to refer to the Installation, Operation, and Maintenance Manual for the Series of heaters you wish to apply, for specific installation requirements.
The design criteria and application examples outlined represent general recommendations, based on experience, for that type of application. However, every application must be viewed on its own merit and address issues that are specific to that installation.
Your local Re-Verber-Ray Representative is there to assist you should this information not fully address your application. Your local representatives contact information is located on the cover page of this guide.
Factory Representatives
Although the installation may be fairly simple, system design and layout can be more difficult. It is critical that the equipment is designed and installed properly to assure a safe and effective heating system. Local representatives are there to review the requirements of your space and to assist you in selecting the proper equipment for your specific application.
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Infrared Heat Energy
Infrared heaters offer an alternative, fuel efficient method of providing heat to spaces through a mixture of radiant and natural convection heat transfer.
Closely resembling everyday light, infrared heat energy is converted to heat rather than light. Both visible light and infrared are forms of radiation and their energy is carried from the source to an object through wave motion.
Without question, the sun is the best example of an infrared source. Similar to how the sun heats the earth, infrared heaters generate radiant energy that is converted into heat when absorbed by objects in its path. These objects in turn re-radiate this energy to heat the surrounding air. The floor and other objects in the space act like a reservoir; loosing very little heat during an air change of the space. Comfort levels in the space recover quickly as objects in the space transfer their stored energy to the space through convection.
1.0 Introduction Infrared Heat Energy
Detroit Radiant Products infrared heaters produce this infrared energy through gas combustion. Since combustion temperatures are in the medium range (1800F for high intensity units, 1000F for low intensity units), most of the heaters output is in the middle infrared band. In addition, this operating temperature also means a greater portion of the energy put into the heater is converted to infrared energy.
Higher efficiency is not the only advantage of producing middle band infrared energy. Because most common materials have a greater affinity for medium wave rather than short wave infrared, Detroit Radiant Products gas-fired infrared heaters can heat, dry and cure fast and economically. In the diverse conditions present in most commercial and industrial applications, radiant heaters direct heat more effectively to building occupants by efficiently delivering heat to the floor levels.
By emulating the true inexpensive efficiency of the sun, gas-fired infrared heaters are the perfect solution for hard to heat environments.
Similar to how the sun heats the earth, infra
