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  • Zman
    Zman Member Posts: 7,569
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    I just don't see that you will ever get the flow rates to match perfectly. It would be difficult with a single zone and impossible with multi zone radiant. Aside from the initial cost. I feel that a conventional buffer tank would work better in most cases.
    "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"
    Albert Einstein
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    The control would be much simpler on a buffer.
  • Eastman
    Eastman Member Posts: 927
    edited December 2014
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    You guys to don't like the controls? They're pretty highly integrated, you can't really separate the operation of one subsystem from the rest. But that's why I love it.
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
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    I'm not 100% certain what you're doing with that 'special' mixing valve (or is it just a 3-way)? The 'hydraulic resistors' could be 2-way proportionally controlled CCV's. Simpler is better, especially if you want to sell into the residential space.
  • Eastman
    Eastman Member Posts: 927
    edited December 2014
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    @SWEI The valve is intended to be what I assume is a common 3-way mixing valve. As I see it, the flow setter and the 3-way are the only additional components of financial significance. The design is intended to be a configuration of off the shelf parts.

    Is it confusing how the mixer relates to the rest of the system? It serves two functions at once. Regulating final space heating fluid temperatures and controlling the diversion of water through the tank.

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