Industrial heat pumps for a climate-neutral European industry
Under the scientific lead of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, the first industrial high- temperature heat pumps were put into operation and tested in an industrial environment in three different application areas at AGRANA, Wienerberger, and Scanship in Norway. The three demonstrators showcased the use of heat pumps as an alternative to conventional fossil […]
Drammen council in Norway uses EU heat pump technology to valorise waste
Drammen council in Norway uses EU heat pump technology to valorise waste Drammen, a rural municipality in Viken, Norway, with a population of around 66,000 residents is host to one of the most innovative heat pump systems in the world. Lindum AS, a leading player in Norway in the treatment of organic waste and contaminated […]
PUMP IT UP CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
View all the presentations that were presented during the “PUMP IT UP” DryFiciency conference. „Mr. Net Zero 2050“, Timur Gül, Head of the Energy Technology Policy Division IEA, and Peter Levi, Industry Sector Lead, of the Energy Technology Policy Division IEA, on the Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector. Veronika Wilk, scientific coordinator of the H2020 project DryFiciency, and […]
PUMP IT UP CONFERENCE
PUMP IT UP – Industrial heat pumps for a climate-neutral European Industry Conference held on the 6th July presented the exiting results of the EU research project DryFiciency. The industrial applications at AGRANA, Wienerberger and Scanship were demonstrated and confirmed the use of industrial waste heat creating vast potential for energy efficiency and the reduction of CO2 emissions. „Mr. Net Zero 2050“, Timur […]
Pump it Up: High temperature heat pumps in energy intensive industries
The goal of becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050, puts the industry in a key role when it comes to accelerating the energy transition by providing clean, affordable innovative technology solutions, while developing new business models, creating new products, services and markets. The heat pump technology has not only matured towards an ecological […]
High temperature heat pumps in energy intensive industries: Demonstration plants
At AGRANA in Pischelsdorf, the DryFiciency heat pump is connected to the starch drying facility and has undergone more than 2300 operation hours max. heat output ~350kW and a COP between 2-4 at varying source temperatures. While currently only contributing to a small part of the production process, internal calculation shows annual CO2 savings up to […]
HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT PUMPS IN ENERGY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES:
Prior the DryFiciency project, and since well before the year 2000, ROTREX was developing automotive superchargers based on centrifugal compressors, the key being is the ultra-high-speed planetary drives, with units mechanically exceeding shaft speed of 340.000 rpm. As a forerunner in the DryF project, project partner SINTEF identified centrifugal turbo compressors to be a potential […]
HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT PUMPS IN ENERGY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES:
Many parts of the compressor had to be adapted to fit the specific and demanding needs of the high temperature DryF applications. Key components such as pressure valves, check and shut off valves have been studied at higher temperatures together with oil and refrigerant combinations. Other mechanical parts within the compressors that have been upgraded […]
HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT PUMPS IN ENERGY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES:
Chemours set out to develop low GWP refrigerants for high temperature heat pumps that could be tested and validated within the DryFiciency project. The criteria included low GWP lifetime, zero/low ODP, low flammability high efficiency and high Tcrit following the F-Gas Regulation and Kigali amendment Transition to low GWP. The outcome was named R-1336mzz(Z) classified as […]
High temperature heat pumps in energy intensive industries:
FUCHS activities in the DryFiciency project was the development of lubricants for high temperature heat pumps with DR-2 (= R1336mzz-Z) screw and reciprocating compressor under severe conditions including high temperature and high pressure in the system which leads to a strong dilution by the working fluid as well as a decrease in the viscosity of the […]
