Advantage Series

Advantage Series is a line of stainless steel condensate units and boiler feed units for steam boiler plants. Each unit pairs a receiver and a pump: the receiver collects returning condensate or stores feedwater, and the pump sends it to the boiler.

BoilerSupplies.com carries two Advantage Series products: Advantage Series Stainless Steel Condensate Pumps and Advantage Series Stainless Steel Boiler Feed Pumps. The difference between them is what starts the pump. A condensate unit sends condensate back as it arrives, on the float in its own receiver. A boiler feed unit stores water and pumps when the pump control on the boiler calls for it. Pick by the way the boiler is fed, not by how the tank looks.

Key facts

• BoilerSupplies.com lists Advantage Series Stainless Steel Condensate Pumps and Advantage Series Stainless Steel Boiler Feed Pumps.

• Advantage Series condensate units and boiler feed units are stainless steel.

• A condensate unit pumps condensate back to the boiler as it arrives at the receiver.

• A boiler feed unit stores water and pumps when the pump control on the boiler calls.

• A stainless steel receiver resists the corrosion that condensate causes in a plain steel tank.

Do feedwater tank, feed tank and boiler feed pump all mean a boiler feed unit?

All three get used for a boiler feed unit, but strictly they name different parts of it. The feedwater tank, or feed tank, is the receiver that holds water for the boiler. The boiler feed pump is the pump mounted on or beside that tank. The unit is the two together. BoilerSupplies.com lists the Advantage Series version as Advantage Series Stainless Steel Boiler Feed Pumps.

Which details does an Advantage Series quote start from?

An Advantage Series quote starts from four details: the unit's duty, the size of the receiver in place now, the pump motor nameplate and the boiler it serves. The duty is either returning condensate or feeding the boiler. A photo of the piping connections helps where the new unit has to meet existing lines.

What starts the pump on a condensate unit, and what starts it on a boiler feed unit?

A condensate unit pumps whenever its own receiver fills, so water goes back as it arrives. A boiler feed unit stores water and pumps only when the pump control on the boiler calls. BoilerSupplies.com lists the Advantage Series line in both forms, so the first thing to know is which one the plant runs now.

Why pick a stainless steel condensate receiver over a plain steel one?

A stainless steel receiver resists the corrosion that condensate causes in a plain steel tank. That corrosion is the reason plants look at stainless steel when a plain steel receiver is being replaced. Advantage Series units are stainless steel, as the product names on BoilerSupplies.com state.

For an Advantage Series unit, tell BoilerSupplies.com the duty, the receiver size, the motor nameplate and the boiler details at 1-770-957-9599 or toll free 1-800-780-3776.