I have a flat in a high rise council block. The block has a boiler in the basement which pumps hot water to each flat. Each flat has something similar to a car radiator and a fan which uses this hot water to heat air which is blasted to a couple of the rooms (but unfortunately, not all of them).
I want to convert this water/air heat exchanger to a water/water one so I can heat all of the rooms using radiators. I know of other installations where this has been done in every flat in the block by the local authority using plate heat exchangers like this one...
http://www.alpha-innovation.co.uk/c...ing Units Installation Instructions 06.10.pdf
I'm not sure if I can upgrade my flat on it's own or whether this must be done to the whole building by the local authority.
In theory, it should be a fairly simple swap. My initial concerns are...
1) Would my plate heat exchanger block up with sludge from the existing primary circuit which I have no control over? I thought of perhaps adding a magnetic filter to control this.
2) Would the existing primary circuit have a sufficient temp to heat rads?
I want to convert this water/air heat exchanger to a water/water one so I can heat all of the rooms using radiators. I know of other installations where this has been done in every flat in the block by the local authority using plate heat exchangers like this one...
http://www.alpha-innovation.co.uk/c...ing Units Installation Instructions 06.10.pdf
I'm not sure if I can upgrade my flat on it's own or whether this must be done to the whole building by the local authority.
In theory, it should be a fairly simple swap. My initial concerns are...
1) Would my plate heat exchanger block up with sludge from the existing primary circuit which I have no control over? I thought of perhaps adding a magnetic filter to control this.
2) Would the existing primary circuit have a sufficient temp to heat rads?