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After looking at a year's heating bills I am using about 6.16 cubic meters of natural gas daily during our 5 month heating period. This equates to about 230,000 btu's daily or 57.96 Mcal. At delivered efficiency of 80%, target rate, that means 72.45 Mcal daily. I am using calories as it is intended to have a 2 day heat reservoir in the form of a water tank and it is easy to calculate storage capacity in calories. A cubic meter, 1000 L, of water would have a storage capacity of 55 Mcal given an starting temperature of 90 celsius and a lower temperature of 35 celsius. This indicates a 3000 L tank would be required, 2m x 1m x 1.5m (L x W x H). Liquid - air heat exchangers are readily available and homebuilt ones are certainly possible using automotive radiators. Indeed by keeping the 12V DC fan and a dc circulating pump this could even supply heat during power blackouts with a spare battery and a manual charger (bicycle powered perhaps). | After looking at a year's heating bills I am using about 6.16 cubic meters of natural gas daily during our 5 month heating period. This equates to about 230,000 btu's daily or 57.96 Mcal. At delivered efficiency of 80%, target rate, that means 72.45 Mcal daily. I am using calories as it is intended to have a 2 day heat reservoir in the form of a water tank and it is easy to calculate storage capacity in calories. A cubic meter, 1000 L, of water would have a storage capacity of 55 Mcal given an starting temperature of 90 celsius and a lower temperature of 35 celsius. This indicates a 3000 L tank would be required, 2m x 1m x 1.5m (L x W x H). Liquid - air heat exchangers are readily available and homebuilt ones are certainly possible using automotive radiators. Indeed by keeping the 12V DC fan and a dc circulating pump this could even supply heat during power blackouts with a spare battery and a manual charger (bicycle powered perhaps). | ||
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