IEA launches Industrial heat pump project

Aug. 02, 2010 – The International Energy Agency (IEA) Heat Pump Programme has launched a new project titled "Application of Industrial Heat Pumps" that will focus on heat pumps for high-temperature industrial and commercial applications. The project will consider issues that have not been explored to date by other IEA projects, including new refrigerants for industrial heat pumps.

Operated by the Information Centre on Heat Pumps and Refrigeration IZW e.V. in Germany in collaboration with Laurent Levacher, EDF-R&D-ECLEER (European Centre & Laboratories of Energy Efficiency Research) in France, the project will aim at reducing the use of energy and greenhouse gas emissions through the increased implementation of heat pumps in the medium and high power ranges such as ammonia heat pumps by the industry.

These can be used for heat recovery and heat upgrading in industrial processes, as well as for heating, cooling and air-conditioning in industrial, commercial and multi-family residential buildings, and for district heating.

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Soürce: ammonia21.com