Yeah that probably makes sense, although the toxic/flammable ones are probably best avoided?
I’m going to get a few quotes from professional Heatpump designers to see what they’d charge for designing such a system. Perhaps a crowdfunder for a functional V1 would be viable? We could then iterate on a functional system.
I’ll see if anyone responds to the below.
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Hi I’m interested in the concept of open-source domestic CO2 heat pumps: https://www.appropedia.org/Pumps_for_Peace
These would be controlled by the GitHub - openhp/HeatPumpController: The Valden Heat Pump controller is a platform to precisely control heat pumps controller.
I’m interested to get some quotes for design work for heat pumps around the 15KW range.
Would you have the skills to design a 15Kw CO2 heat pump based around the Valden controller?
The idea would be to get a quote for the design work, run a crowdfunder to raise the funds, get the design done and then release the documentation under a creative commons attribution license.
Any manufacturer would then be free to make or improve the design.
Would you be interested in providing an indicative quote for this work?
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