[OpenTRV-dev] Storage heating, dynamic demand, and OpenTRV

[Bo Herrmannsen]

hmmm

just on top of my head.... an well insulated hot water cylinder with an
electric heating element in series with the rad loop..? then both the gas
heater and the electric can heat up the water at the same time...

of course you have to wire in the electric heating element so the system
will not boil...


in denmark the cylinder normally hold 100 liters of water, not sure if
there are space enough in an UK home for that... but if you can get them in
50 liters you could pick 2 of them and place them where there is space


but will the gas heater make hot drinking water from that same loop? if not
my idea is not worth much....



2014-09-07 13:00 GMT+02:00 Damon Hart-Davis <EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN>:

> Hi,
>
> I have a thought in the back of my mind about carefully making some use of
> residual exported solar PV generation in winter with highly-efficient
> storage heaters controllable by an extension of OpenTRV to supplement a
> gas-fired system.  This would also help with grid balancing.
>
> (Yes, I am allergic to electric resistance heating in most circumstances,
> but if done carefully this might be virtuous.)
>
> Does anyone know of off-the-shelf UK storage heaters that have
> electronically-controllable fans/vents and that can retain the bulk of
> their heat for much more than a day, preferably a week.
>
> Rgds
>
> Damon
>
>
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