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> But storing the heat they produce has not been possible Many heat pumps are installed with a large insulated buffer of water (for ex. 300L), which stores hea
by jaapz 8mo ago
> But storing the heat they produce has not been possible
Many heat pumps are installed with a large insulated buffer of water (for ex. 300L), which stores heat pretty well?
And homes that use underfloor heating in concrete can store heat pretty well too. Many people use that to heat up the home when energy is cheap and disable the heat pump when it is expensive.
- V__ 8mo agoWater (given enough volume) is a pretty good heat storage. https://youtu.be/Bm7L-2J52GU?t=270 https://youtu.be/Bm7L-2J52GU?t=270
- mock-possum 8mo agoIt can be a pretty good ‘battery’ too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricit...
- BrtByte 8mo agoIt's not that heat storage didn't exist, it's that this is closer to a "thermal battery" than a thermal flywheel