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Comparison of water heating systems

Underfloor heating water - deficiencies

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In this small article we compare different systems of water heating, radiator system, air, convectors, water-warm floor. Let's discuss their advantages and disadvantages.
The choice of home heating system depends largely on the properties of the building, available sources of energy and the type of heater.

The radiator heating system is most economical when installed, so it is the most common.

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But this solution has significant disadvantages:

  1. Due to the convection of air flow in the room, a division into a warm zone near the ceiling and cold near the floor is formed. It is for this reason that in a seemingly warmed room people can freeze their legs.
  2. For efficient work of radiators a high-temperature heat source is required. Heat pumps are not used efficiently.
  3. In the case of intensive heating, such a system exhaust air.
  4. From a heavily heated radiator you can get burns.
  5. Radiators should be taken into account in the design of the premises.

How can I get rid of the problems listed above?

 

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You can use fancoils (water radiators) to heat the air in the system of forced ventilation. But here are the difficulties:

1. The house should have a forced ventilation system.

2. Also complicated with dry air. After all, for the heating of the whole house fancoil should be quite powerful.

3. Air streams raises dust.

But there are also their advantages. When using a heat pump, the fan coil is easily switched to cooling and one and the system works both on heating and cooling.

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You can use convectors placed in the floor. They are used mainly where it is necessary to remove radiators from the interior (for example, under large windows). This solution as well as fan coils can be used for cooling.

The disadvantages include the significant cost of devices and the presence of fans that can make noise when working.

Surface heating systems do not have the described problems.

The most common solution is the warm, warm warm floors and walls.

 

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This solution consists of a system of pipelines with a coolant (usually water) placed under the floor. Such systems are not new, they have been used since ancient Rome and in China.

Advantages and disadvantages of warm water floor.

The advantages of such heating:

Comfort
Uniform heating of the room
Excluded burns
There are no elements to take into account in the design
Do not drain the air
Fully compatible with high-performance heat pumps
Warm flooring water lacks:

Requires thorough thermal calculations
Great cost and complexity of installation work.
Difficult to preserve when temporarily using the house.
It is necessary to use a heat conducting floor covering (badly works with carpets and parquet)
Damage difficult to repair.

When using a concrete tie, the height of the ceiling decreases and the load on the ceiling increases.

Video about which warm floor is better here

About how you can get rid of most problems of this solution and the comparison of different systems of water-warm floor read in the article -

Comparison of water floor systems.

In it you will learn how to simply make a warm floor water and overcome imperfections

Pavlo Biriukovych
Pavlo Biriukovych
Engineering Systems and Energy Efficiency Expert

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