Waste Heat Recovery in Industrial Drying Processes
The overall objective of the DryFiciency project is to lead energy-intensive sectors of the European manufacturing industry to high energy efficiency and a reduction 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 160 °C are elaborated. 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 under real production conditions in operational industrial drying processes in three leading European manufacturing companies from food, brick and waste management industries. The closed loop heat pumps have been operated for ca. 4000 h each and proved to be efficient measures to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Project start: September 2016
Project duration: 60 months
Project partners
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (Lead), Agrana Stärke GmbH (AT), Wienerberger AG (AT), RTDS GmbH (AT), Rotrex A/S (DK), Bitzer Kühlmaschinen GmbH (DE), Chemours Deutschland GmbH (DE), Fuchs 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 H2020-EE-2016-PPP
EE -17-2016-2017 - Valorisation of waste heat in industrial systems (SPIRE PPP)
Project website: http://www.dryficiency.eu
AIT contact: Veronika Wilk, Senior Research Engineer
