The Congress Programme 2023
Daily overview Tuesday 24 October 2023
Congress
The European Heat Pump Summit - meeting place for the international heat pump world - will take place in Nuremberg on 24 and 25 October 2023. The focus is on the professional exchange on current market developments, results of research and development and applications in trade and industry.
Introduction [1]
Main speaker:
Dr.-Ing. Rainer M. Jakobs - Information Centre on Heat Pumps and Refrigeration IZW e.V.
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
Europe's Heat Pump market - The numbers, the context, the EU policy [2]
Main speaker:
Thomas Nowak - European Heat Pump Association
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
How many Heat Pumps were sold in Europe in 2022, in which countries and what types - and why? What impact will current and future EU policy plans have on the market? This presentation will reveal the answers.
The UK's Heat Pump Roadmap - Leading the way to net zero [3]
Main speaker:
James Beal - UK Department for Business and Trade
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
The presentation will provide an overview of the financial, market & policy measures taken by the UK government to support the acceleration of heat pump ramp-up in the UK to decarbonise heat and ensure greater energy security, including the role of European manufacturers and component providers.
UK Government's Heat Pump ready programme [4]
Main speaker:
Dr. Nicola Lazenby - UK Government - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
This presentation will explore the key findings and learnings from the UK Governments Heat Pump Ready Programme. The aims of Heat Pump Ready are to develop innovative tools, technologies and methodologies which overcome barriers to heat pump deployment and support the deployment.
F-gas and REACH regulations: A risk of the EU Heat Pump market rampup? [5]
Main speaker:
Alessia Del Vasto - European Heat Pump Association
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
The presentation will explore the consequences of the F-gas and REACH regulations on the European Heat Pump market, taking into account the REpower EU targets as announced by the European Commission in Spring 2022. In particular, we will focus on the proposed bans on certain F-gases in Heat Pumps.
HFO Refrigerants in Heat Pumps and their role in cost-effectively reducing GHG emissions and reliance on natural gas [6]
Main speaker:
Dr. Bruno Yuji Kimura de Carvalho - Honeywell
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
Presentation on market context of HFO refrigerants in Heat Pumps, optimization of residential Heat Pumps for HFO refrigerants (R-454C, R-455A and R-1234yf) to match or surpass R-410A performance, and a brief discussion on PFAS regulation and the importance of HFOs in overall CO2 emission goals.
Residential Heat Pumps with OpteonTM XL20 / R-454C - System optimizations results [7]
Main speaker:
Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Dieter Küpper - Chemours Deutschland GmbH
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
A residential Heat Pump using R-454C refrigerant has been tested and optimized to get best efficiency and capacity out of the system. A thermodynamic model has been developed that might help Heat Pump OEM manufacturers improving their systems while saving R&D resources and time.
New working fluid R-474A for BEV thermal management [8]
Main speaker:
Christian Macrì - DAIKIN Chemical Europe GmbH
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
The use of Heat Pump systems in battery electric vehicles (BEV) is increasing to reduce the energy required by the thermal management. Our new refrigerant R-474A provides high capacity and high efficiency in a wide temperature range offering more degrees of freedom to the system designers.
R-290 looks like the winning refrigerant for the upcoming packaged Heat Pumps: Can the winner take all? [9]
Main speaker:
Fabio Polo - Swegon
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
R-290 is going to be adopted as the main standard refrigerant for monobloc Heat Pumps in commercial comfort applications. Different technologies, safety regulations constraints are investigated. Solutions are ready for lot of cases, still industry stakeholders need to be supported in the transition.
Sensing and safety solutions for Heat Pumps using R-290 and other refrigerants [10]
Main speaker:
Jan klein Bluemink - Sensata Technologies // Wouter Oosterwijk - Sensata Technologies
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
HVAC architecture is currently changing due to evolving government regulations, following megatrends like the electrification of the HVAC equipment, increased Energy Efficiency Standards (IECC), lower GWP refrigerants and the addition of gas sensors for regulatory compliance.
Design and selection of heat exchangers for commercial and industrial Heat Pumps [11]
Main speaker:
Gregor Schmidt - thermofin GmbH
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
This presentation examines different heat exchanger designs and system concepts for air-source Heat Pumps, regarding ambient conditions and operating situations in commercial and industrial applications.
Advantages of application of Saginomiya components in Heat Pump units [12]
Main speaker:
Marcin Michalak - Saginomiya Europe Sp. z o.o.
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
The presentation will provide an overview of the line-up of Saginomiya components for hydrocarbon Heat Pumps and the advantages they offer for the unit design and performance. You will get information on products such as pressure switches and sensors or electronic expansion valves.
Engineering a quiet future: Addressing noise pollution of Heat Pumps [13]
Main speaker:
Simon Waldner - Getzner Werkstoffe GmbH
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
As the number of Heat Pumps increases, so does the noise pollution for residents.
The presentation will show how noise emissions can be reduced through effective internal decoupling of Heat Pump components and of the whole heat pump. Using PU dampers has huge advantages in comparison to conventional ones.
Sound localization techniques for the effective optimization of acoustic emissions from Heat Pumps [14]
Main speaker:
Dr. Thomas Rittenschober - Seven Bel GmbH
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
Modern Heat Pumps are designed for low sound emissions. Acoustic cameras can be effectively used to isolate the acoustic weaknesses of a construction or its sub-optimal installation in the field. An overview of the effective use of this technology for engineering and service applications is given.
Noise assessment for Heat Pumps: Development of psychoacoustic metric incorporated in fan development [15]
Main speaker:
Marcel Rössler - ebm-papst Landshut GmbH
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
How does a component manufacturer like ebm-papst support the Heat Pump industry with regard to low-noise applications and high-efficiency systems as well as predictive maintenance topics and the use of new refrigerants?
Sustainable heat exchanger technology for commercial and industrial Heat Pumps using natural refrigerants [16]
Main speaker:
Tommy Angbäck - Alfa Laval // Stefano Bissoli - Alfa Laval
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
In this presentation, we will describe how Alfa Laval heat exchanger development makes it possible to create efficient and sustainable fossil-free heating solutions using natural refrigerants. We will highlight the latest developments of the plate heat exchanger technology and describe cases.
Supporting system manufacturers deliver sustainable and efficient solutions in a hyper growing EU heating market [17]
Main speaker:
Andreea Closca - Copeland Europe GmbH
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
Copeland’s mission to help decarbonize heating in Europe continues with the development of a complete range of fixed and variable speed compressors with R-290 up to 200 kW. With best-in-class efficiency and the lowest sound power level available, OEMs now have numerous options to improve their systems.
High temperature Heat Pump with 150 °C condensing temperature [18]
Main speaker:
Mauro Bonfanti - Officine Mario Dorin // Xabier Peña - Tecnalia // Miguel Ramirez - TNO
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
Dorin is presenting his technology for R-744 and hydrocarbon Heat Pumps. An insight into hydrocarbon high temperature heat pumps reaching 150 °C at condensing conditions and the recent improvements together with TNO.
Large scale Heat Pumps for district heating with R-744 [19]
Main speaker:
Tobias Fuhrer - BITZER Kühlmaschinenbau GmbH
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
R-744 in Heat Pumps with the focus on large of large-scale district heating application. The presentation focus is on the basic system design and large-scale R-744 compressors for Heat Pump applications.
Green Heating with Danfoss [20]
Main speaker:
Matthieu Stoll - Danfoss A/S
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte
Danfoss is committed to the reduction of CO2 emissions in the heating sector and supports OEMs & installers with energy efficient components, solutions & services both on the Heat Pump & hydronic side. In addition Heat Pump components are qualified & optimized with the greenest of suitable refrigerants.
Summary of the 1st day [21]
Main speaker:
Dr.-Ing. Rainer M. Jakobs - Information Centre on Heat Pumps and Refrigeration IZW e.V.
Location: Hall Brüssel, NCC Mitte