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Water Tanks (Thermal Mass)

Hot water tanks for DHW, thermal storage; sizing, insulation, stratification.

10 min read ยท Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead


The humble water tank is the workhorse of thermal storage. Cheap, safe, and effective, sensible water storage underpins most building heat and hot-water systems - and getting it right matters more than its simplicity suggests.