BetaTalk - The Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Heating Podcast
BetaTalk is the recent winner of the British Renewable Energy Awards 2020 communication category “which recognises an organisation who has done most to enhance awareness or championed positive change for renewables or clean technology with key opinion formers: parliament, government or the public”Nathan Gambling known as BetaTeach on Twitter discusses energy and the transition to low carbon technologies such as solar thermal and heat pumps with some of the best renewable engineers. He is uniquely known in the industry for spotting the exceptionally high talented heating engineers who are out at the coal face doing their bit to decarbonise our homes and buildings.
BetaTalk - The Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Heating Podcast
What Are the Most Efficient Boilers - modulation & PDHW
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Nathan Gambling BetaTeach
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Season 6
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Episode 9
We are joined by Richard Burrows from Mid Wales Plumbing and Heating Supplies who is an expert on heating control strategy.
Richard talks about the types of modulation - load compensation and weather compensation and how all boilers should be controlled this way.
To understand modulation I have written an article with a funny analogy here
With advice about turning boiler temperatures down for combination boilers 'combis' Richard chats about heating systems using cylinders and how the outdated practice of piping up S and Y plans is scuppering efficiency.
Great episode this