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

Bo Herrmannsen EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN
Mon Sep 8 11:08:51 BST 2014


i think it depends what you get out of exporting....

here in DK there are 2 set of rules... cant remember the date that
seperates them

but the old rule set gave people more money in the pocket (about as much as
import.... but not quite)... as where the new set of rules is a big
laugh....

2014-09-08 12:05 GMT+02:00 Stuart Poulton <EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN>:

> Hi,
>
> Purely for the purposes of discussion, thinking about the UK example, what
> are the advantages of keeping the energy within the house, rather than
> making it available to others on the street.
>
> Stuart
>
>
> On 08/09/14 11:00, Damon Hart-Davis wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The key thing I’m aiming for here is short-term controllability to
>> balance second-by-second flows in/out of the house, plus storage to carry
>> that energy to a more useful time.
>>
>> Thus an electric storage heater rather than a normal one.
>>
>> Your DHW idea is in principle fine if done right, but storage in water
>> isn’t plausible for everyone.
>>
>> Anyhow, only a thought experiment, so good to thrash it out!
>>
>> Rgds
>>
>> Damon
>>
>>
>> On 8 Sep 2014, at 10:57, Bo Herrmannsen <EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN> wrote:
>>
>>  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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