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We believe that this one invention is a game changer in the fight against climate change, offering a 90% reduction in gas usage for central heating in homes. A full scale trial is now underway, in co-operation with the University of East Anglia, to prove the device and a full conversion is underway.
Alan Wright, a serial inventor in the field of hydraulics and energy efficiency, was formally granted a UK Patent on 25th September 2024 for his latest invention a “Device for Hot Water Cylinder. Filed on 11th October 2023, the UK Patent Office rapidly accepted the novel and innovative way that Alan could transform an existing tank, or indeed any tank, into a low cost energy store as efficient, or more efficient, than the most expensive heat stores, and at less than 10% of the cost.
This device allows Alan to take 1,000 litre storage tanks, £80 each, pressure tested and temperature rated to 75 degrees C, and create ultra low cost 50 KW/Hr heat stores. He is installing 4 number tanks to give 200 KW/Hr of stored energy, enough for 2 days central heating, beside his home ,this winter. He is actually going to do this Winter 24/25 in order to prove to the nay sayers, not that it can be done, but it has been done.
This invention follows on the heels of Alan’s previously patented ShowerPowerBooster invention, a pump which does the same job as shower pumps 20 times bigger, and it is now acclaimed by TrustPilot to be the number one shower pump in the UK. It is the only pump with a full 5 star rating from its customers, with sales of over £3 Million since its launch.
The new device absorbs surplus energy from the national grid to heat a series of low cost heat stores buried out of sight next to an existing home. Every night or in particular during a windy Wednesday night or a sunny Sunday, this energy can be stored and used for central heating when the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine. As a hybrid system, when there is no wind or sunshine, once the stored energy is exhausted, the heating system just switches back to heating with gas or a heat pump. In Spring and Autumn the use of gas is expected to be nil.
A particular use of the device is for use with air source heat pumps. It should be even more effective in supporting heat pumps. Surplus electricity can be used at any time to efficiently heat the thermal stores to say 45 deg C very efficiently using the heat pump itself. Once they reach 45 deg C, the immersion heaters can take the stored temperatures to up to 75 degrees C, returning blended water at 45 degrees into the central heating system. At low temperatures when a heat pump would struggle, the heat pump simply rests, leaving the buffer storage in the energy storage tanks to provide 100% of the central heating.
