I am building an outbuilding to take a 40kW wood gasification boiler. I have 3 1000litre NAD accumulators and a laddomat and mixing valve. Elsewhere I read that 50:1 is a way of working out the size of accumulator needed which makes 2000 litres. Is this enough? Is there are any advantage in using all three? Could I set lever valves off on one except for during the coldest months? Thanks
heinbloed
8 Feb 2010, 10:18 PM
You have to make contact with an energy advisor or a heating engineer. Not the size of the accumulator tanks is important but the energy demand. The discrepancy between demand and production minus the storage and transport loss will decide on the thermal storage system.Which not necessesarily means tanks. The building itself can be used as a thermal storage("building activation").
For a guaranteed, calculated answer the internet is propably not good enough. An energy advisor/heating engineer will charge you less than a tank costs. And guarantees his calculation.
