High-Temperature Heat Pump Symposium 2022

The High-Temperature Heat Pump Symposium 2022 will be held on 29-30 March. 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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When it comes to reaching the targets of the Paris agreement and decarbonizing the industry, high temperature heat pumps are the “hidden champions”. Therefore, utilizing the potential of industrial heat pumps (HTHP) is highly attractive since it allows the industry to operate with significantly reduced emission of climate gases. 

Heat pumps operating at higher temperatures enable the supply of energy efficient and emission free process heat, which benefits the industry and the climate goals and targets set for it. However, there are challenges connected with implementing heat pump technology, especially in high temperature applications like industrial processes and district heating. There is a need for technical innovations to achieve lower specific investment costs and increased energy efficiency while maintaining technical feasibility and stable operation.

In order to meet the future needs SINTEF, DTU Mechanical Engineering and Danish Technological Institute have teamed up to create a forum for gathering the experts in the field of high-temperature heat pumps and getting an overview of the latest developments. 

High-Temperature Heat Pumps

The energy demand of the industry stands for around 1/3 of the world’s climate gas emissions and for a successful decarbonization of this sector, new technologies need to be phased in. Today’s industry moves towards an electrified energy system based on wind, solar and other renewable sources, and more frequent recovery of industrial waste heat. This enables the integration of high-temperature heat pumps for process heat supply hereby reducing the demand for fossil fuels significantly.

Utilizing the potential of industrial heat pumps is highly attractive since it allows the industry to operate with significantly reduced emission of climate gases. However, there are challenges connected with implementing heat pump technology, especially in high-temperature applications such as industrial processes and district heating. There is a need for technical innovations to achieve lower specific investment costs and increased energy efficiency while maintaining technical feasibility and stable operation.

The High-Temperature Heat Pump Symposium addresses these challenges and show successful concepts and cases where heat pump technology has been implemented.

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