Title
An estimation of the European industrial heat pump market potential
Author
Marina, A.J.
Spoelstra, S.
Zondag, H.A.
Wemmers, A.K.
Publication year
2021
Abstract
This paper presents an estimation of the European (EU28) industrial heat pump market potential in terms of magnitude, sizing and number of units. This study is carried out in order to provide technology suppliers and manufacturers of industrial heat pumps perspectives for the technology. Potential heat pump applications in the food, paper, chemical and refining sectors are identified considering a maximum sink temperature of 200◦C. This is achieved utilising a bottom-up methodology that uses detailed information from individual processes in theaforementioned sectors. Combining individual process data with typical plant capacities provides information on the heating capacities of heat pumps. The data is upscaled to European level, using production statistics relevant to the individual processes analysed. Since the database of processes is generic in nature and not fully covering the whole industrial sector, the results of this analysis provide a conservative estimate of the heat pump marketpotential. The results show a potential cumulative heating capacity of industrial heat pumps in EU28 of 23.0 GW, consisting of 4174 heat pump units which are able to cover 641 PJ/a of process heat demand. The largest number of heat pump units (%) can be found for heating capacities
Subject
Heat pump
Industry
Waste heat
Market potential
Bottom-up approach
Energy Efficiency
Energy / Geological Survey Netherlands
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TNO identifier
952539
Source
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 139 (139), 1-14
Document type
article