I need some help understanding storage piping. I have a 1000 gallon anhydrous tank I will be using for storage. The tank will be installed horizontal it is 16' long and about 42" in diameter. On the spherical end it has three 1-1/4" openings with two pipes going to the top of the tank and one pipe going to the bottom. In the middle of the tank is a baffle that will reduce or slow cross currents. In the half opposite the end with the 3 openings there are three 2" openings on the top of the tank. Each is spaced about two to three feet apart with the first one near the middle of the tank and the last one about a foot from where the tank begins the other half sphere. There is also an 1-1/4" drain on this far end.
With all these openings I was wondering if I could use the two 1-1/4" openings with tubes to top for heat input from boiler and use the far 1-1/4" bottom drain for return to boiler. For supply to zones I would like to use the far 2" top opening. Return from zones would use the 1-1/4" dip tube below the boiler inputs.
Does it make sense to do this? In essence I am running the water only in one direction. I don't understand how storage systems work with just two pipes going to storage. Do the systems reverse flow? Or do they send hot water from the boiler to the bottom of the tank? I guess I'm trying to keep the mixing to a minimum for better stratification.
Jason
With all these openings I was wondering if I could use the two 1-1/4" openings with tubes to top for heat input from boiler and use the far 1-1/4" bottom drain for return to boiler. For supply to zones I would like to use the far 2" top opening. Return from zones would use the 1-1/4" dip tube below the boiler inputs.
Does it make sense to do this? In essence I am running the water only in one direction. I don't understand how storage systems work with just two pipes going to storage. Do the systems reverse flow? Or do they send hot water from the boiler to the bottom of the tank? I guess I'm trying to keep the mixing to a minimum for better stratification.
Jason