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Water-side calculator

Reheat · flow · pipe size

Sizing a whole system? These sums are built into the Heat Loss Calculator, worked from the design loss. Homeowner? The ten-second size check.

Cylinder reheat time

Flow rate from a duty

Copper pipe for the duty

CopperΔT 5 KΔT 7 KΔT 10 KΔT 20 K
15 mm2.7 kW3.8 kW5.5 kW10.9 kW
22 mm6.0 kW8.5 kW12.1 kW24.1 kW
28 mm10.2 kW14.2 kW20.3 kW40.6 kW
35 mm15.7 kW22.0 kW31.4 kW62.9 kW
42 mm23.2 kW32.5 kW46.4 kW92.8 kW
54 mm39.4 kW55.1 kW78.8 kW157.6 kW

EN 1057 copper bores at 0.9 m/s, water at 4.186 kJ/kg·K. Sizing guidance — an index-circuit calculation still rules a real system.