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by DamonHD 423 days ago
This is a whole research topic, my PhD in fact!

FWIW I run my heat pump intermittently and with locally-smart TRVs that get to call for heat centrally, and a weather compensation only flow temperature curve, and it WORKSFORME!

https://www.earth.org.uk/heat-pump-16WW-control.html

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Fascinating read.

Certainly feels like I'd need PhD from it to successfully install, modify, calibrate and run the installation until its fully adjusted, for the peak comfort and minimum cost/dirty energy use.

I am putting my efforts into making that not be true, at least for something "close enough" to peak comfort/efficiency/whatevs for any nominal shortfall not to matter in real life.

The obsessives amongst us can continue to tweak if we wish...

I enjoyed reading this, thank you.
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