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

[Bo Herrmannsen]

my thought of a tank with electric heater is simply just that i did not
know any other hardware that could do the job

maybe there are a electric heater you just plumb in?

2014-09-08 11:43 GMT+02:00 Damon Hart-Davis <EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN>:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry, not sure if I missed this one or not.
>
> My thought experiment is for situations such as mine with solar PV and
> ‘instant’ DHW (no tank, and no solar thermal), which I sure is not unique!
>
> Thanks for everyone’s feedback: very helpful!
>
> Rgds
>
> Damon
>
>
> On 7 Sep 2014, at 15:57, Bo Herrmannsen <EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN> wrote:
>
> > 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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