More heat to cool: GEA Heat Pumps now and in the future

Overview of present portfolio, its opportunities and challenges, and an outlook to developments. How do we want to evolve our portfolio and which applications to address? The presentation highlights a few development initiatives and closes with a brief commercial and technical assessment.

Beschreibung

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Speaker

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Wann & Wo

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Di, 08.10.2024, 10:20 – 10:40

place

Halle 4A / 4A-419

Details

Format: Vortrag

Sprache: Englisch

Beschreibung

Heat contributes to round about 50 % of the total energy demand worldwide with industries and households taking roughly equal amounts. The by far largest part of it is still generated with the help of fossil fuels so that heating is a major catalyst to CO₂ emissions and climate change. Decarbonizing the heat supply therefore provides a massive leverage, and Heat Pumps are an instrumental component therein. Although far more efficient, Heat Pumps are not as trivial as classic boilers, and at the same time they are not able to reach temperatures as high as (fossil) combustion. The presentation looks at suitable applications for Heat Pumps in our current portfolio, its temperature limitations, and challenges. Higher temperatures – which also includes the possibility to generate steam more easily – can be reached in different ways, for example with alternative refrigerants, components with higher design pressure, or hybrid systems. Because the market demand is high, the options for higher temperatures are briefly compared and analyzed. A deeper analysis not only looks at the technical aspects but also considers commercial constraints which are further differentiated in capital investment costs and operating costs. In the long run, the operating costs are the largest bite of the total costs. A high-efficient system naturally leads to less energy consumption and therefore operating costs, while on the other hand, it tends to require higher investments. The presentation collects available information depending on the availability of components and ends with an outlook to current Heat Pumps developments.