Aquatherm: High Performance, Long-Lasting, and Environmentally Friendly Pipes and Fittings

Ideally hydronic pipe should not be affected by the fluid it is carrying, and the fluid should not be affected by the pipe. Sadly, many HVAC system use a compromised material called carbon steel for hydronic piping. Water oxidizes steel, which causes pitting, scale build-up, and eventually leads to failure of the pipe. These effects are mitigated through the use of closed systems where possible, chemical treatment, PH-treatment, etc. Still, metal pipes produce rust which gums up valves, clogs strainers, and accumulates in low velocity areas. 

 

Wonder if you did not have to compromise? Wonder if an ideal piping material was available… an economically feasible material that required no maintenance? Wonder no longer. Consider Aquatherm.

Aquatherm Features and Benefits:

• Does not rust
• Provides a lower installed cost compared to other welded or soldered system
• Has the lowest friction loss of any pipe on the market
• Does not require chemical treatment
• Does not require an open flame, glues, or chemicals to fuse it together; It uses heat fusion to bond
• Limit liability of theft on job sites (it has no scrap value, unlike copper which is often stolen from job sites)
• Requires less external insulation (due to R-value~1)
• Resist condensation if left exposed
• Mitigates sound transmission and physical vibrations
• Can be directly buried underground
• Will not burst if water freezes within it (above –20F)
• Forms a monolithic piping system when assembled (no gaskets, solder, weld slag, glue, etc.)
• Approved for HVAC, domestic water, sprinkler systems, irrigation, chemical drains, and food grade applications
• Available in pipe sizes ranging from 3/8” up to 24” diameter
• Proven 40+ year track record of installation around the world

For more information about Aquatherm, call PTS at (201) 337-3833 or visit:

Aquatherm Manufacturer Page
Aquatherm Health and Safety Benefits 
Aquatherm One Page Brochure

Data Center Management Gotchas

As the complexity of IT infrastructure continues to increase in data centers, managers must look ahead to avoid unexpected downtime. A list of 10 common surprises for data center/IT managers was released by PTS supplier, Emerson Network Power, at AFCOM Data Center World Spring 2012.

According to a Ponemon Institute study, an outage can cost an organization
an average of about $5,000 per minute. That’s $300,000 in just an hour.

The 10 common surprises include:

1. Those high-density predictions finally are coming true
2. Data center managers will replace servers three times before they replace UPS or cooling systems
3. Downtime is expensive
4. Water and the data center do not mix – but we keep trying
5. New servers use more power than old servers
6. Monitoring is a mess
7. The IT guy is in charge of the building’s HVAC system
8. That patchwork data center needs to be a quilt
9. Data center on demand is a reality
10. IT loads vary – a lot

For complete details on the Emerson list, click here.
As a Diamond Solutions Partner for Emerson, PTS Data Center Solutions leverages our engineering and architectural experience in designing and building data centers with our IT network, storage, virtualization expertise to avoid the surprises mentioned in the article before they result in significant downtime. To learn more contact PTS today.