ASHP - Investigations and calculations

[richbee]

Take care as octopus size for 50C flow which might not be what you want.

Thanks - I'll look out for that

[richbee]

Take care as octopus size for 50C flow which might not be what you want.

Yeah they are delighted with their cosy 6 which I have been unable to find any stats for whatsoever. They say it is a high temperature heat pump but I'd be very surprised if it is one of the fancy compressed helium based ones which do have good COP at higher temperatures.

They have quoted for a Daikin heat pump and cylinder (doesn't say which model), so it won't be their new Cosy 6 model - think we'd need 2 of those!!

[Swwils]

Take care as octopus size for 50C flow which might not be what you want.

Yeah they are delighted with their cosy 6 which I have been unable to find any stats for whatsoever. They say it is a high temperature heat pump but I'd be very surprised if it is one of the fancy compressed helium based ones which do have good COP at higher temperatures.

Most likely propane then secondary exchanger for low temps. It's why the acquired EVE or whatever they were called, clever injected secondary exchanger, but that's not unique tech.

[richbee]

OK - Octopus have found me a cancellation for the Heat pump survey - so now booked in for the 7th December

[AE-NMidlands]

Guardian article about heat pumps: https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... ld-heating
Quite supportive, points out that national strategy needed for effective roll-out.

[richbee]

OK - Octopus have found me a cancellation for the Heat pump survey - so now booked in for the 7th December

Ah well - the man from Del Monte says No
Heat loss calcs from Octopus show that I would need ~14kW, and the biggest pump they currently fit is 11kW - so they will refund my deposit and put me on the waiting list for when they start supplying 16kW pumps.
Not that far off the 12.5kW I calculated if you figure in the extra insulation below

Nice guy, very helpful - but his computer system got terminally confused with a couple of rooms that previously had insulated plasterboard (25mm insulation) fitted internally to the solid stone walls - apparently there is no suitable U value for that combination!!

[nowty]

OK - Octopus have found me a cancellation for the Heat pump survey - so now booked in for the 7th December

Ah well - the man from Del Monte says No
Heat loss calcs from Octopus show that I would need ~14kW, and the biggest pump they currently fit is 11kW - so they will refund my deposit and put me on the waiting list for when they start supplying 16kW pumps.
Not that far off the 12.5kW I calculated if you figure in the extra insulation below

Nice guy, very helpful - but his computer system got terminally confused with a couple of rooms that previously had insulated plasterboard (25mm insulation) fitted internally to the solid stone walls - apparently there is no suitable U value for that combination!!

But with a couple of storage heaters on the cheap slot for the extreme conditions it would be fine.

[richbee]

OK - Octopus have found me a cancellation for the Heat pump survey - so now booked in for the 7th December

Ah well - the man from Del Monte says No
Heat loss calcs from Octopus show that I would need ~14kW, and the biggest pump they currently fit is 11kW - so they will refund my deposit and put me on the waiting list for when they start supplying 16kW pumps.
Not that far off the 12.5kW I calculated if you figure in the extra insulation below

Nice guy, very helpful - but his computer system got terminally confused with a couple of rooms that previously had insulated plasterboard (25mm insulation) fitted internally to the solid stone walls - apparently there is no suitable U value for that combination!!

But with a couple of storage heaters on the cheap slot for the extreme conditions it would be fine.

Or a log burner or 2 - and the fact that we don't heat to 21 degrees...
But they work to a standard calculation method and they can't deviate from it, especially if you want the BUS grant

[richbee]

Time to resurrect this - I now have a new company coming out next Tuesday to do a survey - Greenhome Heating - who are a HeatGeek Elite level and master level for Vaillant heat pumps!
Initial discussions are promising, that they are asking about pipework sizes and if it is possible to use larger pipes for the beginning of the runs to increase flow rate due to the required heat pump size.
I'm finding out about more about my system - like the fact that the pipes from the boiler under the kitchen floor and leading upstairs are 22mm (which is hopefully good), but the kitchen radiator is fed from pipes running back down the wall from the upstairs bathroom!

[Moxi]

Richbee

Let me know how you get on please.