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THERMAL STORAGE TANKS
ANSWERS TO TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
1. An unpressurized thermal storage tank would be preferred to a pressurized tank if the
2. Piping connections on an unpressurized tank are typically made above the water line to
4. stainless steel material suitable for open loop operation
12. Multiple storage tanks used in parallel should have reverse return piping to help achieve
14. An inlet flow diffuser is used to significantly reduce internal mixing by slowing the flow
18. (a) 499,800 Btu
22. The heat loss from storage is 90,182 Btu, which translates into a temperature drop of 65.8
degrees.