Commercial and Industrial Hot Water / Steam Boilers

Triad manufactures modular hydronic heating systems that have proven to be substantially more efficient than traditional large boilers. Modular hot water and steam boilers fire-up much quicker than conventional systems, with less loss of heat, better meeting the heat requirement. Available options include steam boilers, gas boilers, oil boilers and combi boilers for virtually any radiant heating need.

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Steam, hot water or combi boilers from Triad Boiler Systems

Benefits of Modularity
TRIAD's elegantly simple design maintains consistent water volume where heat is required.
  • Boilers are activated sequentially, drawing water from the main loop into the next hot water boiler until the heating need is meet.
  • firing boilers remaining isolated, so no heated water circulates through cold boilers.
  • During most of the year the unfired boilers provide additional backup.
  • Outdoor temperatures and loop water temperatures are constantly monitored.
The efficiency of this design is most apparent during warmer months, when a conventional hydronic heating or steam boiler could still be operating at full capacity.

Primary-Secondary Piping
TRIAD integrates modularity with a single pipe primary-secondary system. TRIAD was the first company to employ a Primary-Secondary concept. It operates with two loops, (i) the primary loop, or building main loop, and (ii) smaller secondary loops off of each hot water boiler, which supply heated water to the primary loop.

Upon a call for heat, the boiler pump begins pushing the return water into the boiler and out through the secondary loop, supplying this hot water up into the primary loop (the main header), where it mixes with the cooler return water from the main loop of the building.
  • Supply and return water are blended, avoiding the need for expensive and unreliable mixing valves commonly used in two pipe systems.
  • The secondary loop isolates each hot water boiler, resulting in a very efficient system that minimizes thermal shock.
Control Panel
TRIAD Boilers can be sequenced by the use of our control panel that provides many attractive features:
  • Temperature set-back when less heat is required, such as nights and weekends.
  • Adjustments for latent heat, to take advantage of hot boiler water that retains heat after the burner shuts down.
  • Outdoor reset based on atmospheric temperatures.
  • Monitoring of return water temperatures to maintain accurate heating output.
It is also very easy to sequence our boilers using the panel of any other major manufacturer.

Packaged Product
All TRIAD hot water boilers and steam boilers are fully assembled, packaged products, which offer several advantages over boilers that must be assembled at the jobsite
  • Onsite labor costs are minimized.
  • Quality control is higher at the factory than at the jobsite
  • The ease of installation of a packaged boiler allows for quicker start up.
Benefits of Steel Boilers

Easy to Clean
To maintain boiler efficiency, heating surfaces must be kept clean and free of combustion by-products. All TRIAD heating surfaces, especially the firetubes, are easy to access. It is impossible to clean all the heating surfaces of a cast iron boiler, and what can be reached is difficult to clean.

TRIAD also makes it easy to maintain clean water surfaces. The cleaning of the interior of a cast iron boiler is a major undertaking, and even then only the vertical surfaces can be cleaned. The inability to clean the horizontal surfaces can have a significant impact on operating efficiency.

Easy to Repair
Because of their steel construction, TRIAD hot water and steam boilers can be repaired in the field with minimal disruption. A leak can be permanently welded or the tubes re-rolled with little difficulty. It is impossible to permanently weld a cracked cast iron boiler section or a leaking copper fin-tube boiler. The firetubes are easily accessed through the top and through the firedoor.

Fast Water Circulation
Poor circulation of water within the typical cast iron boiler is very common due to their design limits, while TRIAD's steel hot water boilers provide for faster circulation.