North America

Throughout North America, the Urecon U.I.P.® insulation process is used in resort hotel developments, hospitals, and ℃campus style℃ district cooling systems.  Used to move centrally chilled water for air conditioning - our highly efficient, factory applied polyurethane insulation reduces heat gain from warm soil (or ambient air temperature). This results in considerable energy savings for the end-user.

Chilled water piping can be insulated steel, PVC, HDPE, ductile iron or FRP.  Kingspan LOGSTOR PEX-Flex can also be used for smaller systems.

Urecon's unique method of insulating 'over the bell' of socket joined PVC and CPVC (or push-on DI) pipe means no more bare pipe joints or expensive joint kits.  See Bell x Spigot or Push On Joints.

Temperature Gain Comparison* For Chilled Water

Temperature Gain Comparison* For Chilled Water

Nominal Pipe Diameter (IPS)		Flow Rate		Pipe Ambient Temperature @ 40.6℃C (105℃F)								Pipe Ambient Temperature @ 21.1℃C (70℃F)
				Final Temperature℃				Heat Gain				Final Temperature℃				Heat Gain
				No Insulation		37 mm (1.5 in) U.I.P.®		No Insulation		37 mm (1.5 in) U.I.P.®		No Insulation		37 mm (1.5 in) U.I.P.®		No Insulation		37 mm (1.5 in) U.I.P.®
mm	in	l/sec	US GPM	℃C	℃F	℃C	℃F	watts/ m	btu/ hr/ft	watts/ m	btu/ hr/ft	℃C	℃F	℃C	℃F	watts/ m	btu/ hr/ft	watts/ m	btu/ hr/ft
25	1	3.9	15	17.8	63.8	5.3	41.4	54.4	56.6	5.2	5.4	10.4	50.6	4.6	40.1	25.4	26.4	2.4	2.5
50	2	6.5	25	13.1	55.0	4.9	40.7	59.3	61.7	6.0	6.3	8.2	46.6	4.4	39.8	27.7	28.8	2.8	2.9
75	3	18	70	7.5	45.3	4.4	39.8	64.6	67.2	7.8	8.1	5.6	41.9	4.2	40.0	30.2	31.4	3.6	3.8
100	4	30.8	120	6.3	43.1	4.3	39.5	71.1	73.9	9.4	9.7	5.1	40.9	4.1	39.3	33.2	34.5	4.4	4.6
150	6	69.4	270	5.2	41.1	4.2	39.3	81.6	84.8	12.5	13.0	4.5	40.0	4.1	39.2	38.1	39.6	5.8	6.1
200	8	115	450	4.8	40.4	4.1	39.2	89.2	92.8	15.3	15.9	4.6	39.6	4.1	39.1	41.7	43.4	7.2	7.5

*Calculations are based on a 4C (39F) inlet, 1000 m (3281 ft) long pipe run. ‡ at end of pipe run