Oventrop valves control the heating facilities at University of Brighton's Falmer Campus

(04/03/2010)

Oventrop valves has been chosen by the University of Brighton to control the heating facilities at their new Checkland Building on the Falmer Campus. The Falmer site has schools for applied social science, education, humanities, nursing and midwifery, and Brighton & Sussex medical school. There are approximately 1880 students.

The glass and steel building is unusual in that it is tiered with five spines, each with five floors, off a main core and built into a hillside. Its exposed mass permits night time cooling and a CHP lead heating system, plus other sustainable features, has contributed to a “Very Good” BREEAM rating. The M&E design was by Wallace Whittle with installation by DMA Mechanical. The main principle contractor was Miller Construction. Currie & Brown were the consultants for the university.

The heating system, with 277 radiators, incorporates a thermal CHP engine and three gas-fired condensing boilers. The CHP engine acts essentially as lead boiler supplying its waste heat to an LTHW circuit with thermal storage vessels.

Included in the extensive range of Oventrop valves used in the plant room and around the systems are Hydromat differential pressure regulating valves which are employed to control the pressure across the radiator TRVS and provide an improved system dynamic balance. Commissioning sets are strategically located as are Oventrop isolation valves and strainers.

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