Thermal Stores for use with Solar and Heat Pump Systems
A total hot water package
The Gledhill Torrent thermal store provides mains pressure hot water and is suitable for gas, oil, electricity or installations using renewable energies such as solar or heat pump applications.
The torrent also works with underfloor and other low temperature space heating systems.
The Torrent is safe, open vented, highly insulated and efficient.
The Gledhill Torrent is a hot water thermal store that does not require expensive safety valves and is designed to upgrade existing traditional hot water systems to provide mains pressure hot water.
Torrent thermal stores provide:
- Mains pressure hot water giving 'power shower' performance
- Deliver up to 25 litres per minute filling a standard bath in 3-4 minutes
- Provide a dry roof space eliminating the risk of freezing pipes/tanks in winter
- Increased system efficiency, reducing running costs
Low cost installation/maintenance
Easy to install Torrent can be fitted to existing systems, including the existing boiler and controls, where appropriate. Unlike unvented cylinders, Torrent does not require expensive safety controls or the need to plumb temperature and pressure relief pipe work to outside.
External expansion vessels are not required and wiring is the same as any traditional Y,S or W plan system. Torrent thermal stores do not require any annual maintenance.
Long life
The thermal store is manufactured from copper sheet to BSEN 1653:1998.
The computer designed heat exchangers are produced from finned tube and incorporate a patented expansion chamber which is sealed for life.
The units are tested hydraulically and pneumatically, both during and after manufacture.
The safety of a traditional system
BS6700:1997 states that in unvented cylinders, the “maintenance and periodic easing of temperature relief valves is particularly important”. This is a landlords responsibility in tenanted properties and annual checks must be carried out by CITB trained persons or installers, having G3 approval.
As the Torrent is vented and therefore inherently safe, it is not subject to Building Control Regulations – thus simplifying system maintenance enormously for the landlords or homeowners.
Thermally advanced
It is not widely appreciated that uncased foam insulated cylinders can lose up to 40% of their insulation value within weeks of manufacture and can emit dangerous smoke if involved in a fire. Torrent uses safe, non-toxic, non-combustible Rockwool for continuous high performance during the life of the unit. Tthere is no release of ozone depleting substances or harmful emissions.
