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Industrial heat pumps

Environmentally friendly industrial heat pumps – the modern heat generation

In consideration of climate change, the drive for decarbonization and constantly rising energy prices, heat pumps are increasingly being focused upon as environmentally friendly and highly efficient systems for providing heat energy for process or building heating.

Potential heat sources are unused waste heat from production processes or freely available ambient heat – in addition to eliminating the need for fossil fuels, this offers significant energy cost savings potential.

Features

What our solutions have in common:
flexibility, efficiency and sustainability

Supply temperatures
of up to 120°C

by using special components

Maximum
performance figures

through project-
specific plant design

Extensive
funding options

to reduce investment costs

Individual
control concept

e.g. with
grid-friendly / current-led control

Keyfacts

We optimize customer benefits through comprehensive measures:

Optimal integration into the overall concept

through joint development of an integral heating concept when planning new projects or retrofitting heat pumps

Use of various heat sources

e.g. exhaust air, recirculating air, ambient air, cooling water, geothermal energy, groundwater, surface water, river water, wastewater, dehumidification and condensation systems, sewage sludge and biogas plants

Efficient cold-heat coupling

i.e. simultaneous generation of cold and heat or switchable / reversible systems for year-round use of the plant

Use of government funding

e.g. for projects with innovative combined heat and power generation (iKWK), efficient heating networks (BEW) or efficient buildings (BEG) as well as for measures to increase the energy and resource efficiency of industrial / commercial processes (EEW)

Individual plant configuration

e.g. for indoor or outdoor installation, in compact or split design, air- or water-cooled, modular design, redundant / multi-circuit design, sound insulation

Integration of hydraulic equipment

e.g. primary / secondary pumps, buffer tanks / hydraulic switches, control valves or heat exchanger modules

Consideration of customer specifications

such as mechanical / electrical factory specifications, manufacturer specifications, special control cabinet equipment, communication interfaces, safety devices, etc.

Applications

Areas of application of our industrial heat pumps include:

Heat generation
for district heating networks / local heating networks

Heating of dipping baths / coating tanks

Use of waste heat from combined heat and power plants

Exhaust air heat recovery / supply air-exhaust air heat pump

Booster heat pump for dryer heating

Heat recovery from re-cooling facilities

References industrial heat pumps

Reliable and multifunctional technology – successful in every application

Since 1979 we have been working with our global customers from a wide range of industries to find cost- and energy-saving solutions of the highest quality.

Heat generation for a low – ex district heating network

Bielefeld

Large air-to-water heat pump system
Total capacity 720 kWth
4 machine set and air cooler each
Combined operation and adaptive defrosting for maximum seasonal efficiency

Large heat pump system for district heating (iKWK)

Greifswald

3 air-water heat pumps + 2 booster water-water heat pumps
Total capacity 1,800 kWth
2-stage heat generation
Including master control and control of the entire hydraulic system

Intelligent sector coupling with wastewater heat pump

Moosburg

High-temperature heat pump
400 kWth at 90°C
Outdoor installation including sound insulation
For sewage sludge drying and district heating feed-in

Cooling water heat recovery from cooling processes

Vienna, Austria

2 compact water-water heat pumps
Total capacity 2,450 kWth
Designed for maximum part-load efficiency
Including frequency-controlled compressor + optimized heat exchangers

Simultaneous cold and heat supply for manufacturing processes

Minden

High-temperature heat pump
150 kWth at 90°C
Custom-specific design
Maximum efficiency through concurrent cooling and heating

Building heating with an ultra-low-noise air-water heat pump