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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@amanda1 The red cylinder looks like an expansion tank, which will probably be on the central heating/hot water circuit. The CH/HW circuit will probab...

3 years ago
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

There appears to be very little in the report regarding HVO/biofuels, given that the aim is to remove, in particular, oil boilers and discourage repla...

4 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

If I’m reading the report correctly, the aim is for decarbonisation by 2050 and the report recognises that new oil boilers in particular could have a ...

4 years ago
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

The starting point is vegetable oil and hydrogen plus a lot of heat energy. So i think that it could only be considered carbon neutral if the hydrogen...

4 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Probably the way I phrased the question, I have found WPD helpful in the past also. Some of the fog is clearing a bit, if I understand correctly. I ...

4 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@batalto, thanks again. Just out of interest I asked my DNO (Western Power), how they would treat this size installation. The website has some informa...

4 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@timh Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that the supply should be sized by the typical power requirements. I’m aware that there will be a large start up...

4 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@batalto Thanks for the explanation. I’m also in the early stages of looking at ASHP sizing and expect a largish unit, similar to @timh. I am findin...

4 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@timh How is the 75A requirement derived? I wouldn’t have expected this, more like say 25A under load for 6kW of electrical power, COP of 3. A quick...

4 years ago
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RE: South West installer recommendation

Kev, I found these useful: I’ve located it near the recently approved Pyworthy solar farm, but you can move the location, zoom in, etc. Select sm...

4 years ago
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RE: South West installer recommendation

@mattengineer Sorry, been away for a few days, thanks for the update. Not made any progress recently. We are trying to get an extension built on t...

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

@derek-m Indeed, Hydro refers to water, but according to this, hydroprocessing refers to a process using hydrogen in a two stage process: hydrotreat...

4 years ago
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