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AIT receives ÖGUT Environmental Award!
which "harvest" waste heat and store it in ground probes for building heating. Heat pumps and a low-temperature solar system ensure the right temperature in the rental units, with heat being emitted through [...] also cooled through the ceilings, and the heat extracted from the rooms is stored in the ground around the deep probes. An additional heat generation, including heat storage in the deep probes, is achieved [...] through unglazed low-temperature solar absorbers that convert sunlight into heat. They improve the efficiency of the heat pumps in the transitional period and contribute to the complete regeneration of the
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AIT DEVELOPS DECENTRALIZED HEAT PUMPS TO REPLACE GAS BOILERS
develop a modular heat pump with environmentally friendly refrigerant as a gas boiler replacement in large-volume residential buildings. DECENTRALIZED, SOUND-OPTIMIZED HEAT PUMPS FOR HEATING, COOLING AND HOT [...] development of cost-effective, modular heat pumps with environmentally friendly refrigerant. The results of the project are decentralized, sound-optimized heat pumps for heating, cooling and hot water, which, [...] buildings. During operation, a heat storage tank and the development of the heat source are still required. The heat source is optimally shared by all heat pumps in the building, either using the
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AIT at the Long Night of Research
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tderforschung.at/station/1950 Heat pumps - energy sources of the future: With the help of heat pumps, it is possible to use heat from the environment or unused waste heat from industrial processes. This [...] of the future. © AIT Heat pumps are able to raise heat to a higher temperature level and thus make it usable for many applications - here, ambient heat is used to cool drinks and heat sausages to demonstrate [...] need for fossil energy and CO2 emissions. The potential of this technology is demonstrated using a heat pump that can be used simultaneously as a beverage cooler and sausage warmer. https://langenachtderforschung
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AIT Center for Energy: Whitepaper on industrial heat pumps
Promote heat pumps as the reference low temperature heating technology in industry Demonstrate the application and decarbonization potential of industrial heat pumps Bring industrial heat pumps to the [...] to the Whitepaper on industrial heat pumps, which presents and outlines the status of the technology and steps needed to realize its decarbonization potential. Heat pumps are an energy efficient electrification [...] having high energy and emission saving potential, uptake of heat pumps is currently limited. To improve the prospects for industrial heat pump technology, AIT, together with seven other European research
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AIT and KTH launch joint doctoral programme for new heat pump technology
(PhD programme) on 1 July 2024 for the development of heat pump technologies in urban areas. As part of the programme, the optimum design for heat pumps will be identified from both a technical and economic [...] for heat pump systems. Andreas Kugi, AIT Scientific Director: “This international cooperation gives doctoral students exclusive access to leading experts and institutions in the field of heat pump technology [...] contribution to the future of building heating technologies.” Thomas Fleckl, Head of Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems at AIT: “The use of heat pumps to meet heating requirements in densely populated urban
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Technology development with alternative refrigerants
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on the one hand and reduce the amount of refrigerant on the other. OUR SERVICES Optimization of heat pumps and cooling circuits by numerical simulation Physical modeling of refrigeration circuits and realistic [...] operating conditions and system limits Determining the refrigerant filling quantity Optimization of heat pumps and refrigeration circuits through prototype testing Design and construction of laboratory samples [...] refrigerants Lower risk in the implementation of innovations Projects DryFiciency read more Green Heat Pump read more Bamboo read more HYbuild read more × Kontakt Formular Pflichtfelder sind mit einem * markiert
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BAMBOO
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Within the BAMBOO framework, AIT is developing a heat pump steam generator that makes waste heat usable in the form of saturated steam at up to 150°C. Heat pumps that supply steam are of particular interest [...] three main pillars of innovation: Waste heat recovery, flexibility of power consumption and recycling and utilization of waste streams. These are industrial heat pumps, Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems [...] industry, as steam generation accounts for a significant proportion of the required process heat. If heat pumps are used for low-pressure steam generation instead of steam generators using fossil fuels,
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Blog
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pharmaceutical producer Takeda to replace natural gas in steam generation with the help of innovative heat pumps. Inside AIT Female scientists work to create sustainable solutions 13.02.2023 On this year’s UN [...] photonics expert Bernhard Schrenk is working on this as part of a globally unique project. Energy Heat pumps: energy source of the future 21.01.2020 A recent study by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology [...] switch to new technologies in energy generation and storage. The current blog post shows what role heat pumps play in this. Digitalization Disaster management app or how we all become helpers 21.01.2020 During
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Digital Building Technologies
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Cost-optimized design Complex energy supply systems, the intersection of electricity and heat through the use of heat pumps, for example, and the consideration of life cycle costs make a manually created, c [...] concepts Complex thermal and electrical energy supply systems, the coupling of electricity and heat (e.g. heat pumps), decentralized energy generation and storage (e.g. photovoltaics and battery storage) under
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Building Technologies
Energy Management, Heat Pumps, and solar energy systems for Buildings and cities. He is also a member of the Board of the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC
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H&C Markets
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a focus on district heating (DH) and heat pumps (HP) for end customers. The AIT analysed and compared the different cost components for the users of district heating and heat pumps. The analysis included [...] the provision of heating and cooling with heat pumps and district heating was created and evaluated for different countries. breakdown of the annual end-user costs for a district heating connection (total [...] Overview of heating and cooling: perceptions, markets and regulatory frameworks for decarbonisation. Deliverable 4, European end user costs for providing heating and cooling with heat pumps and district
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Person certification heat pumps
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modules of the further education program "Planning and Installation of Heat Pump Heating Systems" (formerly "Certified Heat Pump Installer or Planner") at AIT or in an equivalent further education program [...] Person certification heat pumps Person certification heat pumps After successfully passing the access examination and meeting further criteria, certification can be applied for in the respective subject [...] Note: Currently, personal certification in the field of heat-pumps is not carried out in the accredited scheme, but the certificates "Certified heat-pump installer" and "-planner" enjoy a high reputation due
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Commissioning and maintenance of heat pumps
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ion and heat pump technology. Heating installers who are not only involved in service activities (commissioning and maintenance) but also in the execution and/or planning of heat pump heating systems and/or [...] Commissioning and maintenance of heat pumps Commissioning and maintenance of heat pumps Classroom course This compact refrigeration technology course is aimed at trained heating installers who mainly perform [...] maintenance of heat pumps with category II certification. By participating in this comprehensive further training* (40 teaching units) and passing the final course examination, heating installers meet
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HyCool
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novel latent heat storage systems (co. AIT) are being developed that can provide steam (up to 30 bar, 250 °C) and pressurized hot water (150 °C) with high efficiency. New hybrid heat pumps (co. Fahrenheit) [...] HyCool Solar heating and cooling for industrial processes As energy demand grows worldwide, solar heat can provide an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient solution to industrial sites. Given that [...] that 2/3 of industrial energy consumption are related to heating and cooling processes, it is crucial that renewable thermal energy sources are integrated to help minimize Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG)
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CORES
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low and medium temperature range (<400 °C): Waste heat recovery, solar process heat and heat pumps, each combined with storage, as well as photovoltaic and PVT collectors. To date, the advantages of a combined [...] future to cover the heating sector with renewable electricity and thus to electrify it. Therefore, exergetically reasonable alternatives should be used to cover the industrial process heat demand in the low [...] In industry, although there is a technical and economic potential to cover the industrial process heat demand with renewable energies, the following problems still need to be addressed: Criteria and methods
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Cost-optimized design
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DESIGN Complex thermal and electrical energy supply systems, the coupling of electricity and heat (e.g. heat pumps), decentralized energy generation and storage (e.g. photovoltaics and battery storage) under
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DeRiskDH
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To secure and decarbonise their heat supply, significant amounts of alternative heat sources are needed such as heat pumps, waste heat, solar and geothermal energy. The aim of the DeRiskDH project is to [...] decarbonization of urban heating networks through grid temperature reductions and flexibility use Many urban district heating networks are mainly based on natural gas-based combined heat and power plants. To [...] to solve the challenges associated with the integration of those alternative heat sources. Challenges are in the optimisation of the building stock with regard to return temperatures and flexibilities,
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Green and digital transformation
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things, more intensive sector coupling is necessary - for example between electricity and heat (via heat pumps) or between energy and process materials (such as hydrogen or the utilisation of CO2). In
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Digitalisation and HVAC Technologies
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via BACnet, KNX, Modbus or 0-10V interface Heat pump systems Developments and optimizations in the refrigeration circuit of heat pumps (compression heat pumps as well as open sorption systems) on component [...] approaches over the entire life cycle. In particular, the integration of renewable energy systems and heat pumps plays an important role here. Based on digital solutions and methods, we develop sustainable, [...] climatic conditions and under building-specific operating and load conditions Acoustic signature of heat pumps and HVAC components Measurement of acoustic emissions and vibrations Time, frequency and direction
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DryFiciency
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The key elements are three high temperature vapour compression heat pumps (two closed loop heat pumps for air drying /one open loop heat pump for steam drying). The solutions are demonstrated and validated [...] of fossil carbon emissions by means of waste heat recovery. Technically and economically viable solutions for upgrading idle waste heat streams to process heat streams at higher temperature levels up to [...] Europe Schmierstoffe GmbH (DE), Heaten AS (NO), Viking Heat Engines AS (NO), SINTEF (NO), EPCON Evaporation Technology AS (NO), EHPA European Heat Pump Association (BE),Scanship AS (NO) Funding line Förderschiene
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