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| Indicative Content |
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High Efficiency Boilers
Oil and gas condensing boilers.
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Under Floor Heating
Methods of heating. Typical components and system layout. The correct water temperatures for comfort heating. Pipe sizing and controls.
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Biomass
Wood pellet and wood chip for combustion log boilers. Technology and plant components. Storage, handling and transport systems.
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Buffer Tanks
To demonstrate the working principles and their necessity in the heating and hot water system.
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Solar Panels
Flat plate and vacumm tube solar panels. Typical components and system layout. To select and identify the correct components for a typical hot water installation.
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Geothermal
Gound source, air to water, site design and location and controls.
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Domestic or Micro Combined Heat and Power Plant
Generation of heat and electricity plant. Surplus sold back to power companies.
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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- Anthony R. Day, Martin S. Ratcliffe & Keith J. Shepherd 2003, Heating systems, Blackwell Publishing Malden, MA [ISBN: 0632059370]
- K Pennycook,, Illustrated Guide to Renewable Technologies [ISBN: 9780860226727]
- 2013, Solar Thermal. Solar Thermal Water, First Ed., cengage learning emea [ISBN: 9781408064689]
- Ed Suttie 2011, Wood Fuel for Space and Water Heating, ihs Bre Press [ISBN: 1848061986]
- Lee Rose - Elaine Koster 2012, Solar Hot Water, Dc 23 Ed., Low - Impact Living Initative [ISBN: 0954917191]
- Geoffrey M. Horn, 3010, Biofuels, Chelsea Club House Amereca [ISBN: 978-160413-782-8]
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