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But this is the whole point of our lengthy and interesting conversation. At this point, I owe to apologize if my English sounded a bit hostile, this w...
@jamespa There are numerous, very detailed, simulators that show the capabilities and benefits of each approach. Further, the delay you mention, is ac...
@jamespa Classical PI controllers need tuning i.e. commissioning. This is difficult to achieve, unless well-trained. This is why weather curves were e...
@jamespa OK. Let me repeat that I started this post because I think the "weather curve" method is odd, outdated and wrong. Here is my reasoning: 1. ...
@cathoderay I don't think (b) is fixed flow temp. Where did you see this ? If this is the case, it destroys all the benefits of an inverter driven pum...
@jamespa You don't need to predict anything. A PI controller effectively does all these.
@jamespa Every house needs a specific heat power to bring it to a set temperature. This means a specific water temperature. If you lower this temperat...
@cathoderay OK. It is difficult to argue through messaging. I ask you to bear with me. There are 3 ways to control a Midea heat pump, but in the 3rd m...
@jamespa I refer to the Midea controller thermostat, not an external one. This said, I do not pretend to know what heat pump designers design, but the...
@jamespa Modern heat pumps are inverter driven. A room thermostat will not turn the pump on and off, but regulates it evenly around the set point. Thi...
I really don't see the point of using a weather curve when an indoor thermostat is available. A heat pump that adjusts according to a set indoor tempe...
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