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SHERHPA organizes course on natural refrigerant heat pumps |
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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
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Sustainable
energy systems, such as heat pumping technologies, provide an efficient
use of renewable energy from the ambient and of waste heat sources.
Typical applications are space heating, domestic hot water and
processes with combined heating and cooling. Natural refrigerants such
as ammonia, hydrocarbons or carbon dioxide can be used for heat pumps
applications, which are cost-energy efficient and in compliance with
the future EC environmental regulations.
 A two-day short
course at The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 21-22 May 2007
will cover theory, design and practical aspects of the use of
Hydrocarbon, Ammonia and CO2 for heat pump applications.
According to ScanRef, invited experts from
research institutes and industry will contribute as well as the Sherhpa
partners. The short course is organised within the SHERHPA project, which is supported by the EU FP6 Horizontal Research Activities involving SMEs.
The global aim of the SHERPHA
project is to develop the next generation of heat pump systems using
natural refrigerants such as ammonia, carbon dioxide and propane. These
refrigerants have zero ozone depletion and low global warming
potential. The project is an unusual partnership in that it is a
collaboration between 19 small manufacturing enterprises and 10
research and technical institutions with two International
Organisations as coordinators (GRETH and EHPA). 13 countries are
represented. The project is partly funded by the EC Framework 6
program. |
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