When you shower, much of the heat goes straight down the drain along with the waste water. Hei-tech has developed a heat exchanger, the 'Recoh-vert', which instantaneously pre-heats the cold water pipe to the shower and/or water heater. The 'Recoh-vert' has been successfully applied in the Netherlands for several years, particularly in a large number of newly built homes. The 'Recoh-vert' is designed to reduce energy consumption for domestic hot water. The hot waste water of the shower passes the heat exchanger on its way down the drain. The heat is exchanged with the water from the water pipe en route to both the water heater and the shower.
The 'Recoh-vert' is 2.1 metres in length and has to be mounted in a vertical position. It is therefore only suitable for installation if the shower is on the first floor. Due to its very high efficiency, the energy required for instant water heating or for hot water storage system will be reduced to only 40%.
Download the brochure Brochure Recoh-tray
This is a Shower Water heat Exchanger with the connection for the mains in the middle. This decreases the loss of pressure and allows the heat exchanger to also be used if a higher volume flow is required, for instance, if several showers in a home are being used at the same time or if there is a rain dome shower head present. Efficiency is however lower.
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