Comprehensive overview of all currently available heat pumps
08-03-2017
Shared Innovation Program VoltaChem has put together a comprehensive list with all currently available heat pumps and their characteristics. "This list provides our community members that have an interest in VoltaChem's Power-2-Heat program line with a starting point to decide which heat pump suits their needs best", Power-2-Heat expert Simon Spoelstra explains.
The two reasons why you should consider to drive your thermal processes using electricity are:
- To profit from low electricity prices during periods with a high supply of electricity and a low demand. The technology that is providing the heat should be able to respond quickly and will operate only during a limited number of hours.
- To shift your processes from fossil energy carriers for the generation of heat to electricity as driver, as a base load option. In this case the response time can be low and the equipment will run most/all of the year.
Power-2-Heat
VoltaChem works on RD&I related to the use of electricity to generate or upgrade heat and steam for efficient use in chemical processes. The main challenges that are addressed are optimization between efficiency and costs, flexibility (e.g. load following, start-up/shutdown), integration, and increasing the operating temperature compared to existing systems. Power-2-Heat focuses on:
- Use of renewable electricity as source to upgrade heat and steam, e.g. electricity from wind, solar and hydro.
- High temperature compression heat pumps
- Combination with heat and cold storage
- Alternative concepts for heat generation & upgrading, e.g. electrical heating, steam compression & multifunctional heat pumps.
The comprehensive overview of all currently available heat pumps is exclusively available to VoltaChem Community Members via VoltaChem's Community Library that contains current research reports, presentations and whitepapers. If you would be interested to join us, please subscribe here or contact us to discuss how industrial electrification can positively impact your business.
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