Gritton & Associates
offers the following engineer guides
- Air Management
- Balancing Valves
- Boilers
- Expansion & Seismic
- Heat Exchangers
- Packaged Systems
- Pumps
- Steam
- Variable Frequency Drives
- Water Heaters
Bell & Gossett's Little Red School House
Bell & Gossett is known throughout the hydronic heating business as the industry's educator. Our Little Red Schoolhouse, a completely equipped learning center, has trained more than 50,000 engineers, contractors and installers in the proper design, installation and maintenance of hydronic and steam systems.
Opened in 1954, the Little Red Schoolhouse offers seminars covering a wide range of topics tailored to different occupations in the industry. Attendance is by select invitation only. Graduates of the Little Red Schoolhouse can be found in every state of the U.S., as well as Europe, Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Australia. CEU credits are available and certificates are awarded upon completion.
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Modern Hydronics Basic Seminar
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- 3 days long
- Appreciate the advantages of properly installed hydronic systems
- Learn how to size all the components of a typical small hydronic system
- Learn both rules of thumb and the System Syzer approach to system design
- Understand how to select and install air management equipment
- Grasp the basics of primary/secondary pumping
- 1.7 CEU Credits
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Modern Hydronics Advanced Seminar
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- 3 days long
- Appreciate the advantages of properly installed hydronic systems
- Learn how to use the Bell & Gossett Syzer
- Learn to design hydronic systems and size typical components
- Understand the requirements of open system pumps
- 1.7 CEU Credits
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Design & Application Seminar
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- Three days long
- Pump fundamentals
- Primary-Secondary pumping
- System balance equipment, procedures
- Variable speed pumping
- 1.7 CEU Credit
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Large Chilled Water Systems Design
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- Three days long
- Sub system approach: sources, loads, piping, pumping, air management
- Variable speed pumping
- Computer based aids in system design
- Alternative pumping strategies
- Economic evaluation of the alternatives
- 1.7 CEU Credits
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| Steam |
Steam System Design Seminar
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- Three days long
- Steam and condensate piping design
- Temperature and pressure regulator applications
- Steam heat exchangers, steam traps
- Steam system pumping equipment
- 1.7 CEU Credits
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Operation & Maintenance of Steam Systems
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- Three days long
- Boiler room controls: installation, inspection
- Steam regulator troubleshooting
- Identifying and repairing faulty traps
- Troubleshooting steam system pumps
- 1.7 CEU Credits
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| Service |
Service & Maintenance Seminar
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- Three days long
- Pump operation, nomenclature
- Hydronic system component installation
- Troubleshooting pump and system problems
- Pump service
- 1.7 CEU Credits
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Little Red School House Education Materials
(Contact Gritton & Associates to recieve a printed copy of the following material)
- Large Chilled Water System Manual
- Engineered Design Manual
- TEH-1065: Parallel and Series Pump Application
- TEH-1075: Cooling Tower Pumping and Piping
- TEH-1096: Domestic Water Pressure Booster Design Manual
- TEH-1165: Basic System Control and Valve Sizing Procedures
- TEH-1166: Principles of Centrifugal Pump Construction
- TEH-1196: Sizing and Installation for Hydronic Heating/Cooling Systems
- TEH-1266: Primary Secondary Pumping Adaptations to Existing Systems
- TEH-1275: Equipment Room Piping Practice
- TEH-175: System Syzer Calculator Instruction Manual
- TEH-176: Hydronic Systems Anti-Freeze Design
- TEH-265: Heat Exchangers Application and Installation
- TEH-275 rev. 4: Sizing Cooling Tower Pumps and Piping
- TEH-375: Pump and System Curve Data for Centrifugal Pump
- TEH-471: Hydronic System Types
- TEH-571: Pressure Drop Calculations in Hydronic Systems
- TEH-666: Snow Melting System Design and Problems
- TEH-685: Variable Speed/Variable Volume - Pumping Fundamentals
- TEH-775: Primary Secondary Pumping Application Manual
- TEH-964: Heat Loss Calculation Guide
- TEH-966: Analysis of Hydronic System Problems
- TEH-985: Circuit Setter Valve Balance Procedure Manual
- TEH-PD-162: Pump Data Book
- TES-378: Basic Steam Pipe Sizing Charts
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