Since it’s launch in April 2014, the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), a scheme designed to stimulate growth in renewable heat generation and usage across homes in Great Britain has seen over 7,400 applications.
The Domestic RHI provides financial support to participants that install renewable heating technologies in their homes such as biomass boilers, ASHP, GSHP and solar thermal hot water systems. All domestic RHI installations are to be carried out by Microgeneration Certificate Scheme installers with homeowners being reimbursed up to £230 per year for the cost of the installation over the seven years of RHI payments.
Where heat metering is required, a heat meter that is MID Class 3 or higher is critical, the RHI claim will not be processed without meeting this standard as a minimum. The new minocal® C5 IUF heat meter from Minol meets MID Class 2 in any orientation. The compact ultrasonic technology is resistant to debris, stable over the long service life, can handle temperatures up to +130°C and reliable on low volume flows. Device and consumption data for the last 24 months can be interrogated at the touch of a button. Confined spaces on domestic RHI installations will be common and with a height of just 54mm the C5 IUF can be installed on the most demanding systems.
The DXN, portable ultrasonic flow meter with thermal energy measurement from Dynasonics, is an indispensable tool for conducting energy audits in the field. Simple to install by clamping the non-invasive sensors onto the outside of the pipe and easy to use with the industry’s only advanced touch-screen interface featuring job-specific controls and large integral datalogger. With an internal battery life of 9 hours and continuous operation when connected to the mains, the datalogger can be left in-situ for a period of time and collected data can be viewed and interpreted with the free software provided. With accurate readings and superior measurement processing speed- over 100 readings per second- this is one portable meter that really can do it all.
The C5 IUF and the DXN are available exclusively from Bell Flow Systems, a manufacturer and supplier of flow measurement solutions. Bell Flow Systems have been dealing with RHI since the outset and can provide a range of heat meters and required elements including those with GPRS or Wifi technology, many of which are also part of Bell Flow Systems’ recently extended range of rental flow meters.
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About Bell Flow Systems Ltd
Bell Flow Systems Ltd is a leading UK supplier & manufacturer of flow meters and instrumentation for domestic, commercial and industrial applications worldwide.
They offer a wide selection of flow meters to buy and hire including: water flow meters, oil flow meters, gas flow meters, electricity meters, fuel flow meters, turbine flow meters, ultrasonic flow meters, electromagnetic flow meters and RHI heat meters.
Bell Flow Systems can provide flow meters suitable for virtually any application. Offering solutions that are cost effective and designed to achieve a combination of accuracy and performance.
