PVI is located in Fort Worth, TX and has been manufacturing high-end commercial/institutional water heaters for 60 years. These long-lasting water heaters are made with AquaPLEX duplex stainless steel and are ASME certified & stamped vessels.
PVI specializes in offering the longest warranties available in the industry, accomplished by using AquaPLEX engineered lean duplex stainless steel tanks and heat exchanger components. Duplex SS is a mix between austenitic (300 series) and ferritic (400 series) stainless steels, that contains the benefits from both. 300 series stainless (like the commonly used 316L) is easier to use in manufacturing, but on its own is subject to stress-chloride cracking with heated & chlorinated domestic water. With 400 series added to the mix, it offers extra strength to the material preventing stress-chloride cracking. Once built, every AquaPLEX tank is pickled & passivated to clean & finish the surfaces which is a crucial step in ensuring their longevity.
Tank warranty on gas-fired models with integrated fire-tube heat exchangers is 15 years, and on all other models is 25 years.
PVI’s tanks do not require a lining and therefore do not require anode rods, minimizing the required maintenance over time. Anodes are a sacrificial metal designed to slow down the inevitable corrosion of glass-lined carbon steel tanks. The requirement of an anode rod is a warning that the tank in question is prone to corrosion & failure!
Featured Products
Water Heaters
PVI AquaPLEX Storage Tanks
- Lean duplex stainless steel storage tanks
- Unlined, no anodes required
- Vertical or horizontal configuration
- ASME Stamped, 25-year tank warranty
- Large range of sizes available, from 125 – 5000+ gallons
- Customizable fittings & pressure rating
PVI Durawatt Electric
- Electric water heaters with a large range of input KW available
- Perfect for electrification & GHG reduction projects
- Can provide final-heat top up when green energy sources are used to pre-heat.
- ASME Stamped, 25-year tank warranty
PVI EZ-Plate Storage
- Boiler-water fed water heaters
- Great for district energy applications with low return water temp
- Efficient plate heat exchanger, double wall
- Packaged controls, storage tank, heat exchanger, and circulator pump
- Highly customizable for a large range of storage and HX sizes
- ASME Stamped, 25-year tank warranty
PVI Brigade
- Up to 99% thermal efficiency
- High turndown (7:1) with spark ignition
- 25 gallons temperature buffer
- Compact footprint with zero side clearance requirement
PVI Conquest
- High efficiency condensing gas-fired, 97-99% efficiency, modulating burner
- 100-130 gallon storage, 200 – 1,000 MBH inputs
- Semi-instantaneous – low footprint, high recovery rates
- ASME Stamped, 15-year tank & heating surfaces warranty
See more info on the PVI Conquest HERE
PVI Power VTX
- High efficiency condensing gas-fired, 97% efficiency, modulating burner
- 225 gallon storage, 500 – 999 MBH inputs
- ASME Stamped, 15-year tank & heating surfaces warranty
PVI TurboPower96
- High efficiency condensing gas-fired, 97.5% efficiency, modulating burner
- 300 – 1,500 gallon storage, 500 – 1600 MBH inputs
- ASME Stamped, 25-year tank warranty
PVI DigiTemp Mixing Stations
- Highly responsive & accurate tempering of DHW
- Allows for high temp water storage
- BACnet BMS interface
- Fail-to-cold actuator
- Eliminates temperature creep
- Incorporates DHW recirc
PVI Dual Energy
PVI can accommodate multiple energy sources in the same water heater for unique control strategies, seasonal changeovers, or emergency backup requirements.
