AFTER A RAPID BUILD AND LEARNING PERIOD ON HOW TO ENCLOSE AND SUPPORT 250M OF 32MM PIPEWORK WITH A 1.5M CUBE.
THE FIRST HTA250 WAS DELIVERED TO TRINITY BUOY WHARF ON THE SIDE OF THE RIVER THAMES READY FOR A WORKING TRIAL. THIS WAS TIMED TO BE VIEWED BY THE SOME 400 PEOPLE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BY THAMES CLIPPER BOATS AT THE NEW 100 FOOT AND 600 TONNE PONTOON NEWLY INSTALLED INTO TBW PIER THIS SUMMER.
BELOW ARE A SELECTION OF PICTURES TO SHOW THE SIMPLE TEMPORARY FORM OF DEPLOYMENT.
AFTER DELIVERY TO SITE BY OTHER SPONSORS, THE HTA250 WAS DEPLOYED ON THE BEACH AT LOW TIDE AND CONNECTED THEN TO FLOW AND RETURN PIPES UP TO THE 6KW KENSA HEAT PUMP UNIT. AS A WORKING DISPLAY THE CLIENT HAD A HOT WATER CYLINDER COMPLETE WITH A BUFFER TANK TO SHOW HOT WATER OUTPUT AS WELL AS A LARGE AMOUNT OF 22MM PIPE-WORK COILED BEHIND A PARK BENCH TO REPRESENT A UNDER FLOOR LAYOUT. A DISPLAY BOARD AND AN ENGINEER FROM HALES WATER TURBINES LTD WAS ON HAND TO EXPLAIN THE NEW GROUND SOURCE SYSTEM, IT'S POTENTIAL AND THE LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ETC.
ON COMPLETION OF THE OPEN DAY EVENT AT TRINITY BUOY WHARF, THE SYSTEM WAS DISMANTLED THAT EVENING AND PLACED IN STORAGE, READY FOR FULL INSTALLATION AT A LATER DATE.
HALES WATER TURBINES LTD HAVE PLANS TO START PRODUCTION OF THE FULLY STAINLESS STEEL HTA250 UNITS AT THE END OF NOVEMBER 2018.
SOME OF THE IMPORTANT DETAILS ON THE HTA250 UNITS.
SIZE - 1.5M X 1.5M X 1.6M
WEIGHT - 412 KGS
OUTPUT - 7 KWS +
PRESSURE TESTED - 7 BAR (100 psi )
RECYCLE ABILITY - 100 %
PRODUCE WARRANTY - 5 YEARS
EXPECTED WORKING LIFE - 25 -50 YEARS
HTA250 UNIT COST - £ 5920
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