fraubauer
2020-04-19 10:23:43
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Yes, exactly like that. A fresh water unit is basically just a heat exchanger. The warm water from the buffer heats the cold water from the pipe in a flow-through process.
If the water from the buffer is no longer warm enough, the fresh water unit simply heats as much as possible.
Completely harmless.
Hello.
Regarding "scaling of the heat exchanger of the fresh water unit," I have a question.
Limescale is released only from about 60 degrees Celsius. The higher the hot water temperature above 60 degrees, the more limescale is released. So the heat exchanger scales faster and loses effectiveness.
Question:
Since the supply from the buffer is very high in summer (partly over 70 degrees) and the bottom of the buffer is also very warm, the mixing valve does little to mix the supply of 70 degrees down to 65 degrees or even 60 degrees (mixer).
That means the fresh water unit receives up to 70 degrees from the buffer supply to produce 58 degrees.
Does the heat exchanger scale faster because of this (supply 70 degrees)? Or does scaling only begin in the heat exchanger when the hot water is produced (currently produced from 70 degrees to 58 degrees, although the display shows a hot water setpoint of 65 degrees)?
How can scaling of the heat exchanger be reduced in summer with high supply temperatures from the buffer?
Thank you