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As the Coronavirus pandemic continues, nursing and residential care homes across the country are creating new methods to ensure that their residents can safely see family members. Mibec has recently worked with Cheswardine Hall, a family owned and run residential home for the elderly, to enable their residents to continue these important Covid secure visits…

At Mibec we can build buffer tanks up to an incredible 200,000l in size. We use our expertise to ensure that we have the supply chain in place to deliver high-quality, oversized thermal storage solutions to projects across the UK and Ireland.   We were contacted to deliver this project to provide almost 500,000l of water…

Mibec has recently undertaken the successful specification and delivery of our pre-insulated pipe for both domestic and commercial hot tub installations. Hot tubs are increasingly popular at holiday parks, small self-catering holiday lets as well as in average gardens as people seek to make the most of their home environment.   The challenge Traditionally hot tubs…

Mibec has recently undertaken the successful specification and delivery of a unique stainless-steel buffer tank for a water treatment works in the east end of London. At Mibec, we use our years of experience to provide a solution to even the most complex of projects, as was the case here.  The challenge Most of our…

Packaged Plate Heat Exchangers – Uses & Applications At Mibec we offer a range of plate heat exchangers from Cordivari, in this short article we take a look at some of the applications and usage together with the key components in their construction. Cordivari plate heat exchangers are used in domestic and industrial applications and…

What is an Expansion Vessel? In this short article we look at expansion vessels and their uses. An expansion vessel is a small tank used to protect closed water heating systems and domestic hot water systems from excessive pressure caused by water hammer and thermal expansion of the water inside the sealed system. An expansion…

Wall Mounted Buffer Tanks for Heat Pumps If you are thinking about using a heat pump on your next project including a buffer tank in the system design will provide significant efficiency and other benefits for the property. At Mibec we are able to offer a wide range of buffer tanks from leading European manufacturers…

Chilled Water (CHW) systems used to cool electrical equipment are becoming increasingly common in commercial applications such as large data centres and IT server rooms. It is very important to keep temperatures at a consistent and low level in data centres as any increase can lead to reduced efficiency of the computer systems and a…

Metering solutions for HIUs Heat Interface Units (HIUs) are a great solution for use in shared district heating schemes and at Mibec we can supply HIUs and accompanying Heat Meters in a number of permutations to suit the project requirements. In this short article we investigate metering solutions for HIU applications. Within a district heating…

How do I size my buffer tank? This is a very popular question coming in from customers to us here at Mibec. Often the size of the buffer tank required will depend on numerous factors connected to the type of renewable energy source and the project as a whole. In this short article we explore…