SPIRIT project
SPIRIT project
The waste heat from industry provides a potentially valuable and climate-friendly resource for reuse within industry.
The EU-funded SPIRIT project plans to take advantage of this heat source, building three full-scale (> 0.7 MWth) demonstration systems of industrial heat pumps that upgrade waste heat to valuable temperatures (135-160 °C).
Working with sites in the paper as well as the food and beverage industry, these new modular heat pumps will use standard components to allow for easier installation and cheaper manufacturing. Making use of advanced working fluids, the new pumps are expected to perform 30 % better than traditional ones.
The project will also hold two summer schools to train engineers and stakeholders to use the new technology.
Start date: September 2022 - End date: March 2026
Partners
- NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
- GEA REFRIGERATION GERMANY GMBH
- TIENSE SUIKERRAFFINADERIJ N.V.
- SPILLING TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
- TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT