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January 2016
Volume 51 , Issue 5
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
President's Message 2
Canstruction 2
Grassroots Advocacy 3
YEA Update 3
Golf Outing Info 3
Winter Conference 3
Future City Philadelphia 4
ACE Mentor Program 5
Corporate Sponsorship 6
2015-2016 Programs 6
CRC 2016 Info 7
CTTC Article 8
New Members 9
Member Advancement 9
QUAKER C ITY CLIMATE
COSTS
Fees are based on online reservations and prepayment.
Philadelphia Chapter
Members: $80
ASHRAE Members -
Non-Chapter Members: $100
Non- ASHRAE Member:
$100
Life Member: $80
Young Engineers
(35 & under): $70
Students:
$70
January Social Event
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Boston Bruins
6:15 PM—6:30 PM
Arrive at the Wells Fargo Center Box Office
(southwest side of building) for tickets
6:30 PM
Buffet Dinner, Beer, & Soda
In the Lexus Club
8:00 PM
Game Begins
Tickets will be distributed the day of the game at the southwest entrance
to the right of the box office (short side of the building that faces I-95.)
Once you get the game ticket and enter the building you will be able to get your
Lexus Club ticket.
Click here to Register
Click here to see the locations for various parking lots in the area.
The Wells Fargo Center is accessible from the Pattison Avenue Station
on the SEPTA Broad Street Line.
LOCATION
Wells Fargo Center 3601 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19148
800-298-4200
The fee for the event includes a game ticket (200 level) and a wristband for admission into the
Lexus Club for a complementary buffet with beer and sodas. The Lexus Club stays open
through the second intermission of the game, so you can socialize there or in the seats.
For those arriving as a group wishing to sit together,
best efforts will be made but cannot be guaranteed.
2015-2016
President
Ashley Lester, PE, LEED AP
President-Elect
Casey Younkins, PE
Vice President
Jeff Crozier, PE, CEM, LEED AP
Treasurer
Mike Radio, PE, CEM, BEMP, LEED AP
Secretary
Tim Reinking
Senior Governor
Mike Witkowski, PE
Governors
Michael Calabrese, PE, CEM, LEED AP
Eric Feinschil
Sean Hughes, PE
Tim Reinking
Newsletter & Website Editor
James Piscopo, PE, LEED AP
Chapter Technology
Transfer Committee Chair
Eric Feinschil
Research Promotion Chair
Gary Debes
Basic School Coordinator
James Lill, PE
Refrigeration
Justin Barta
Membership Promotion Chair
Michael Calabrese, PE, CEM, LEED AP
Student Activities Chair
Erik App
Program Committee Chair
Casey Younkins, PE
Chapter Historian
Sean Hughes
Young Engineers in ASHRAE
Jeffrey Pisarek, PE
Public Relations
Mike Witkowski, PE
Grassroot Government Activities
Edward Decker
Golf Outing Director
Tim Reinking
Honors and Awards Committee
Dan Brown
P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e
Happy New Year!
I hope everybody had an enjoyable holiday season! Thanks to everyone who was able
to make it to December’s breakfast meeting. It was very interesting hearing from Adam
Agallco about energy management in Philadelphia.
This month’s meeting is one of the Chapter's annual social events and we have the
chance to see the Flyers take on the Bruins. This is a great time to meet and socialize
with other members of the Chapter. The event starts off with refreshments and food in
the Lexus Club, followed by the game. I hope everyone can make it!
Also this month is the ASHRAE Winter Conference. It is scheduled for January 23
through 27 in Orlando, Florida and is held in conjunction with the AHR Expo
(January 25 through 27). The Winter Conference is a great opportunity for members to
socialize with other professionals from around the globe as well as gain valuable
continuing education credits and take part in the operation of Society. For more
information please go to the ASHRAE website: www.ashrae.org.
Ashley Lester, PE, LEED AP
Philadelphia Chapter President
The Philadelphia Chapter is looking to build on last year’s success and is looking for
volunteers to help with the design and planning.
Please contact Chris Gale or Mike Witkowski if you are interested.
This year’s theme is Redemption.
Canstruction® Update
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Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee Announcements
Hearings are currently taking place in Harrisburg on HB 635, which will change the Uniform Building Code review cycle
from 3 years to 6 years. Please read the Bill by clicking here and let the Board members know your opinions one way or
another.
Please remember government advocacy is a grassroots committee.
You as members need to take action to shape your industry / career.
The State of New Jersey just adopted their new State building codes. Below is a link to a list of their codes.
http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/codes/codreg/
Also, the Committee is looking for buildings that have earned a rating in the ASHRAE Building Energy Quotient (bEQ)
Building Energy Labeling Program. If anyone is currently utilizing, or plans to utilize, this program to evaluate a
building’s potential energy, please contact Edward Decker ([email protected]).
YEA Scholarship
We are asking that working professionals nominate young engineers at your
firms for a YEA scholarship. These individuals should have shown outstanding
performance in the HVAC&R industry and show an active involvement and interest
in ASHRAE. The nomination form may be downloaded here. The winner will be
announced at a future ASHRAE meeting. Nominations should be sent to Jeffrey
Pisarek at [email protected].
Save the Date !!
Philadelphia Chapter ASHRAE
Golf Outing
Monday, May 16, 2016
DuPont Country Club
Wilmington, DE
Shotgun start will be at 12:30 pm.
Online registration and full outing details to follow.
ASHRAE Winter Conference
January 23-27, 2016
Orlando, Florida
Click here for more information.
Future City Philadelphia
Happy New Year from Future City Philadelphia! Hopefully everyone had a great Holiday!
Our 45 participating schools are hard at work on their models and presentations and are getting ready for the big
event. This year’s regional competition will be held at Archbishop John Carroll High School, 211 Matsonford Road,
Wayne, PA 19087 on Saturday, January 23rd
. We need volunteers for the following positions:
PRELIMINARY JUDGE: be a member of a judging team that listens to, asks questions of, and judges the preliminary
teams. Each judging team will judge 5 to 6 teams.
Time commitment – 8:00AM – 12:00PM +/-. Preliminary Judges are required to attend a training session if you have not
judged before. More information about the training session will be sent in the next week or two.
SPECIAL AWARDS EVALUATOR: talk with each team’s members to determine which team best meets the criteria of
your organization’s special award. A special award evaluator will talk to all 45 teams.
Time commitment – 8:00AM – 12:00PM +/-.
GENERAL VOLUNTEER: help run the competition by volunteering to help with registration, act as a team escort, take
photos, update our website, etc.
Time commitment – 8:00AM – 1:00PM +/-. A few volunteers are needed starting at 7:00AM and a few more to help dur-
ing the afternoon.
Please visit our website at www.futurecityphilly.org and click on On-Line Volunteer Form. If you sign up to be a Special
Awards Evaluator please indicate the name of your organization.
If you’ve already signed up this year, thank you. You will receive more detailed competition information as the competi-
tion gets closer. We’re always looking for little giveaways for the students (pens, stress balls, Frisbees, etc.) so if you
have any items at your company that might fit the bill please shoot me an e-mail.
Any questions contact me via e-mail or phone. Please feel free to share this message with your friends, co-workers, and
technical society members.
Thanks.
Karen R. McManuels, PE
Philadelphia Regional Volunteer Coordinator
Manager, Operations
Associated Engineering Consultants, Inc.
485 Devon Park Drive, Suite 113
Wayne, PA 19087
610-688-3980 x132
610-688-4566 fax
610-389-5692 cell
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Program calendar is tentative and subject to change. Please refer to ASHRAE Philadelphia Website for up to date information.
Advance registration and pre-payment are required before the meetings.
We need your attendance!
If we are below our guaranteed level for attendees at our meetings, our treasury could be negatively effected.
Our programs are designed around the membership’s input and we all need to support these meetings to maintain
a strong/informed association. We hope to see you at our next meeting. Please come out and support our Chapter!
Date Location Topic Theme
1/13/2016 Wells Fargo Center Flyers vs. Bruins Social
2/11/2016 Dave & Buster’s Student Night with SMCA Student Night and YEA
3/10/2016 Fisher’s Tudor House Trade Show
4/14/2016 Dave and Buster’s LEED
by Jim Newman, Newman Consulting Group Students and Membership
5/16/2016 DuPont Country Club Golf Outing
5/12/2016 Dave and Buster’s TBD Past President's Night
ASHRAE Philadelphia Corporate Sponsorships Available
The Philadelphia Chapter invites your company to join as a Corporate Sponsor for the 2015-2016 year. Your firm’s
participation in this program would enable us to make a wonderful donation to ASHRAE Research Promotion which
includes over $ 1.5 million in local research funding.
Corporate Sponsors are listed on our web site, in our newsletter, and in our annual directory. They receive free copies
of our directory and recognition at all of our events. With the ease of one payment, you may get all this, as well as free
dinner tickets good for our monthly meetings, and make a valuable contribution to ASHRAE Research at the same time.
If you are interested, please email us at [email protected]. The Board of Governors thanks you for your
continued support of ASHRAE.
For more information, go to:
http://region3.ashraeregions.org/reg_3cd.htm
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Please submit articles highlighting novel HVAC technologies to Chapter Technology Transfer Committee Chair
Eric Feinschil ([email protected]) for consideration in future newsletters.
Did you know there are free design guides available on the ASHRAE web site? The regular technical article is not the only place to get great free information each month. Take a few minutes to log on and see the variety of design guides available to download at
no cost. The design guides can be located by using the link below. https://www.ashrae.org/standards-research--technology/advanced-energy-design-guides
Using Variable Frequency Drives with Steam
Understanding Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Applications for Centrifugal Boiler Feed Pumps
This bulletin is intended a brief overview for steam system applications where variable frequency drives (VFDs) are used
for controlling centrifugal volute style boiler feed pumps. It is important to note that a turbine pump, by its inherent design,
and operational characteristics would not fit into this discussion.
Over the past few years, Shipco began coupling the use of a VFD with the use of an automatic flow control valve to
maintain a flow at a constant pumping rate, while varying the speed of the pump motor to satisfy varying boiler operating
pressures, and simultaneously meet the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineering) code. These various
operating pressures are part of a growing trend in our industry with respect to efforts surrounding “net zero” energy
building designs and reduced energy operation procedures (e.g., weekend shutdowns and night setbacks).
Simply stated, boiler feed pumps are sized to meet the flow requirements of boiler design loads and overcome the
internal operating pressure of the boiler, in addition to overcoming all the pressure drops of the feed piping and feed
control valves. Modern boilers are manufactured to ASME standards and this has resulted in standardization of specific
boiler design pressures. The specific design pressure that seems to continually be of concern to feed pump
manufacturers is the 150 PSIG design boiler. Boilers of this design pressure are typically fitted with a pressure relief
valve that is set for 150 PSIG. Consequently, this is not the typical operating pressure of most boilers, even when they
are designed to operate at 150 PSIG. Boilers operate over a wide range of pressures. It’s when a boiler is designed to
operate at one pressure, and then operates at a significantly different pressures, that causes centrifugal pump
manufacturers major headaches (an lots of warranty claims). This article will not go into an in-depth discussion of steam
space or steam quality. It is relevant to point out that any changes in boiler operating pressure can adversely affect the
operation of other components in a steam system such as: traps, regulators, pipe sizing.
A basic understanding of centrifugal pump flow characteristics and centrifugal pump curves is assumed for this
discussion. Pumps perform at specific conditions based on pump curves and flow characteristics required for steam
system performance. An example following the outlined characteristics is described as follows:
100 BHP boiler
Operating pressure = 100 PSIG
Pressure drop of piping and valves in the feed system = 15 PSIG
Pressure drop of automatic flow control valve = 5 PSIG
Boiler relief valve set from factory at = 150 PSIG
From the information given, we know that the evaporation rate of a 100 HP boiler is .069 GPM/HP, hence 100 times .069
or 7 GPM. Doubling the evaporation rate to determine a pumping rate for on/off pumps is an accepted industry standard
for most boilers. Based on this formula, the recommended boiler feed pump pumping rate would be 14 GPM.
Furthermore, the ASME code dictates that the pump discharge pressure must exceed the boiler relief valve set point by
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P 610-971-2169
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Membership Advancement
If you are currently an ASHRAE Associate Member, becoming a full Member is easier
than you think! The following count toward the required 12 points to advance to full
membership status. You must update your ASHRAE online biography and send an
email to [email protected] to advance.
Non-accredited degree = 4 points
Accredited degree = 6 points
PE = 4 points
Industry experience = 1 point/year
The 2015-2016 Directory is Available!
The latest edition of the Directory of Associations, Consulting Firms,
and Manufacturers’ Representatives
in the Philadelphia Area is now available. It sells for $23 each.
Send your check to Emily Albert, ASHRAE, 994 Old Eagle School Road,
Suite 1019, Wayne, PA 19087.
If you prefer to pay by credit card, please call Emily at 610-971-2169
or email her at [email protected].
The Philadelphia Chapter of ASHRAE would like to invite your company to take part in our Product Show on Thursday, March 10, 2016. The show will be held as part of our regular monthly meeting, as always. However, there will not be a presentation or sit-down dinner so that the focus will be entirely on our vendors. Place: Fisher’s Tudor House 1858 Street Road Bensalem, PA 19020 Times: Set-up: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Exhibit: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Tear-down: must be completed by 9:00pm Heavy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available during exhibit hours from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Donation: $300 (includes one 8 foot skirted table and registration for up to two staff members, which includes two drink tickets per person) (Please see the enclosed payment form.) Please Note: Registration for any additional staff members is $10 per person. This includes 2 drink tickets per person. Tickets may be purchased in advance with the enclosed form or online on our chapter web site at www.ashraephilly.org. Minimal electricity will be available for lights or other equipment requiring power. Please reserve early for a wall location that will have power. The cash bar and hors d’oeuvres table will be set up in the same room as the exhibits. This will allow for maximum exposure to the product show. Any questions, please contact: Hope Silverman Phone 610-971-2169 / Email [email protected]
PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 1, 2016 OR YOUR TABLE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER COMPANY.
Do you have any giveaways ($100 or more) that you would like advertised to attendees?
If so, please email [email protected] with the details.
ASHRAE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTERTabletop ShowMarch 10, 2016
Contact Person:
Phone: Email:
Tabletop Fee: _______ tables x $300 = ____________ (includes registration for up to 2 people and 2 drink tickets per person)
Additional Registrations: _______ people x $10 = ____________ (includes 2 drink tickets per person)
TOTAL DUE = ____________
Names of Attendees: ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Company Name:
Send payment to: ASHRAE, 994 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 1019, Wayne, PA 19087-1866
Or Email [email protected] Or Fax 610-971-4859PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 1, 2016
OR YOUR TABLE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER COMPANY.
Payment By: Check ______ VISA _____ MasterCard ______ AmEx ______ (Payable to “Philadelphia Chapter ASHRAE”) Card Number:
Cardholder’s Name: (please print)
Billing Address for Card:
Exp. Date: Signature:
______ Please check here if you will need electricity. There will be a limited number of tables with access to electricity. These tables will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.