Project

Valorization of rest heat through a chemical heat pump

Code

179P09213

Duration

01 June 2012 → 31 July 2014

Funding

Private funding via IWT/VLAIO

Promotor

Christian Stevens

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Inorganic chemistry
- Macromolecular and materials chemistry
- Organic chemistry

Keywords

heat pump rest heat recuperation

Project description

Huge amounts of waste heat below 140°C are being dissipated in the environment. The project develops a chemical heat pump (inspired on the natural system of energy storage in cells) based on the oligomerization/hydrolysis principle. The heat pump is capable of recuperating about 50% of the rest heat.