Features and Benefits

ASME Heads: Assures vessel quality in materials and fabrication.
1/4" Thick (Minimum) Shell: Quality construction, longer material life.
Boosts Condensate Return Pressure: Acts as a collecting point for low pressure and gravity returns, allows pumping of returns to a pressurized vessel.
Accepts Gravity Returns: Vessels are vented to atmosphere, therefore providing no pressure resistance that would inhibit gravity return.

Product Offering

Information in this section applies directly to Cleaver- Brooks package surge tanks ranging from 300 to 3,000 gallon capacity. Contact your local Cleaver-Brooks authorized representative for larger capacities. Surge tanks can reduce dependance on cold, untreated raw water to replace boiler system losses, by collecting condensate for re-use in the boiler. Dedicated surge tanks are required when intermittent peak loads of condensate can exceed the surge capacity of the deaerator.

The surge tank receives returning condensate and is supplemented by raw make-up water to maintain the desired operating level. Condensate and make-up water mix into a blend temperature as determined by the percentage of each. The surge tank is vented to atmosphere. Surge tanks are designed to work with the deaerator. They can be packaged with transfer pumps, stand and controls of the same sturdy construction as the deaerator. Custom arrangements are also available. Contact local Cleaver-Brooks authorized representative for component and sizing information.

Surge tanks provide additional storage time and handle volume swings in condensate return. Surge tanks are used when gravity or pumped condensate returns do not have enough pressure to enter the deaerator on their own. Water and treatment costs are reduced by recycling condensate that has already been treated.

Integral control automatically introduces cold water makeup to supplement condensate only when necessary to meet boiler demand. This translates into reduced fuel costs for heating boiler feedwater.