Programme - Day 2
Explore the programme for the second day of the symposium and discover new ways to engage based on your interests.
On the second day, following the main sessions, you will have the chance to join either a sector collaboration workshop - with dedicated tracks on Textiles, Chemicals, and Pulp & Paper. These workshops run in parallel and give you new ways to engage based on your interests.
Get the full overview of what to expect of both days. View the programme for the first day of the symposium.
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Programme - Day 2
08.00 - 09.00 Welcome Back
Networking, coffee and light breakfast
Room: Balcony 1 & 2, first floor
09.00 - 10.20 Individual Sessions
Choose between sessions 2-1A, 2-1B, 2-1C, and 2-1D
HTHPs for Drying Applications
Session 2-1A
Room: Auditorium 15
Chair: S. Barberis, University of Genoa
09.00 - 09.20 Optimization of Drying Processes for Integration of Heat Pumps
M. P. Andersen (DTI), C. Tammone (DTI), H. Madsbøll (DTI), J. L. Poulsen (DTI), B. Zühlsdorf (DTI)
09.20 - 09.40 Energy-Efficient Fishmeal Drying Using High-Temperature Heat Pumps
and Superheated Steam
O. Flesland (Pelagia), A. Høeg (Enerin), A. Brækken (SINTEF), P. Verma (Swedish Exergy)
09.40 - 10.00 From Bricks to Boards: Full-Scale Superheated Steam Dryers with High-Temperature
Heat Pumps Commissioned in 2025
C. Nijssen (CEE)
10.00 - 10.20 Scalable and Modular Heat-Pump Drying Systems for Industrial Electrification
M. R. Bøgild (Circular Energy), J. Bendsen (Circular Energy), C. Bay (Circular Energy)
Steam Generation and Compression Systems
Session 2-1B
Room: Auditorium 10
Chair: A. Arteconi, KU Leuven
09.00 - 09.20 Steam Compressors or Closed-Cycle High Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP)?
– Efficiency and Market-Ready Solutions in Comparison
C. Arpagaus (OST), F. Bless (OST), et al.
09.20 - 09.40 Case Study: Development of Skyven's Arcturus Steam-Generating Heat Pump
at an Industrial Facility
A. Gupta (Skyven), J. Saccone (Skyven), J. Strasser (Skyven)
09.40 - 10.00 From Waste Heat to Steam: A Case Study on a Process-Integrated MVR Steam
Generating Heat Pump in the Chemical Sector
O. P. Ruiz (Piller), J. Lim (Piller), J. Choong (Piller)
10.00 - 10.20 Flexible heat sources while generating process steam above 150 °C
– results from the “De-carbonization of European Dairy industry” project
K. Högnabba (Åbo Uni), T. M. Tveit (Olvondo, et al.
HTHP Projects – From Concept to Realization and Operation
Session 2-1C
Room: Auditorium 11
Chair: M. H. Christensen, Danish Technological Institute
09.00 - 09.20 From Potential to Performance: Integrating High-Temperature Heat Pumps
into Complex Process Industries
M. Tukker (JOA)
09.20 - 09.40 Advancing High-Temperature Heat Pumps in the Industrial Sector: Challenges,
Innovations, and Implementation Pathways
T. Marren (Astatine), C. Beasley (Astatine)
09.40 - 10.00 From Concept to Installed Reality: Process Integration and Delivery Lessons for
Industrial Heat Pumps
A. Karnik (Ramboll)
10.00 - 10.20 Evaluating Steam-Generating Heat Pumps for Industrial Waste Heat Recovery:
Overcoming Technical and Economic barriers in a Chemical Case Study
N. Pouransari (Syngenta), et al.
Innovative developments of medium-scale systems
Session 2-1D
Room: Auditorium 12
Chair: M. Ramirez, TNO
09.00 - 09.20 Development of Modular Hydrocarbon-Steam High-Temperature Heat Pumps with
Different Compressor Technologies (MIGHT-HP)
P. J. E. Delêtre (DTI), J. Kristófersson (DTI)
09.20 - 09.40 A Natural-Refrigerant Heat Pump Prototype for Steam Generation above 150°C
M. Ramirez (TNO), G. O. Rodriguez (TNO), R. de Smidt (TNO), U. Timurçin (TNO),
S. Spoelstra (TNO)
09.40 - 10.00 Advancing Air-Sourced High-Temperature Heat Pumps for Industrial Steam
Decarbonization
A. Odukomaiya (AtmosZero), N. Roberts (AtmosZero), W. Arthur-Arhin (AtmosZero), et al.
10.00 - 10.20 Advanced Heat Pump Cycles with Natural Refrigerant Mixtures
C. Fleßner (TLK), H. Hassani Khab Bin (TLK), W. Tegethoff (TUB)
10.20 - 10.50 COFFEE BREAK
10.50 - 12.10 Individual Sessions
Choose between sessions 2-2A, 2-2B, 2-2C, and 2-2D
Large-Scale Systems and Applications
Session 2-2A
Room: Auditorium 15
Chair: W. B. Markussen, Danish Technological Institute
10.50 - 11.10 Traveling in Time with Atlas Copco: Design and Operational Insights from 40 Years in
Large Heat Pumps
R. Rubycz (Atlas Copco), H. Behnoud (Atlas Copco)
11.10 - 11.30 Testing the World’s Largest CO₂-Based Seawater Heat Pump
Z. Antonini (Everllence)
11.30 - 11.50 Thermodynamic Analysis of High-Temperature Heat Pumps and Their Integration
into Geothermal Energy Systems
J. Jeßberger (Uni of Bayreuth), F. Heberle (Uni of Bayreuth), D. Brüggemann (Uni of Bayreuth)
11.50 - 12.10 Steam Generating Heat-Pumps complemented by Steam Compressors in the paper
industry
Touliankine (Heatlift), O. P. Ruiz (Piller), et al.
Steam Generation and Compression Systems
Session 2-2B
Room: Auditorium 10
Chair: C. Arpagaus, OST
10.50 - 11.10 AHEAD - Pioneering CO₂-Free Steam Without Gas Challenges and Experiences in
Producing Chilled Water (6°C), Heating Water (70°C), and Steam (184°C) with
Natural Refrigerants
H. Erös (Takeda), D. Hofbauer (Takeda), et al.
11.10 - 11.30 Waste Heat Upcycling from Superheated Steam Dryer by High-Efficient HTHP with
Cycle Fluid Steam R718
B. Feuerriegel (Lübbers)
11.30 - 11.50 R718 Heat Pump for Efficient Supply of 4.4 MW Steam: Insight and First-Hand
Experience
M. Bantle (Aneo), C. Schlemminger (Aneo), K. Evenmo (Epcon), C. I. Gotaas (Epcon)
11.50 - 12.10 Steam Generating Heat Pump at Pharmaceutical Plant
A. Høeg (Enerin), K. Løver (Enerin), I. Fløystøl (GE Healthcare)
HTHP Projects – From Concept to Realization and Operation
Session 2-2C
Room: Auditorium 11
Chair: C. Köfinger, AIT
10.50 - 11.10 Development and Integration of Steam Producing High-temperature Heat Pump in
the Sugar Industry
J. L. Poulsen (DTI), E. N. Pedersen (DTI), O. Fredrich (GEA), B. Aerts (Tiense)
11.10 - 11.30 SPIRIT Demo Case I: Full-Scale On-Site Demonstration of a Cascade Industrial Heat
Pump producing steam at 145 °C
G. O. Rodriguez (TNO), W. de Vries (TNO), M. Ramirez (TNO), et al.
11.30 - 11.50 Solution Examples for Cooling and Process Heating in Industrial Applications
I. Rangelov (Danfoss)
11.50 - 12.10 On the impact of fluid property data on safety equipment and performance
estimates for high temperature heat pumps
J. Wronski (Clean Heat), K. Fredslund (Clean Heat)
Development and Test of Medium-Scale Systems
Session 2-2D
Room: Auditorium 12
Chair: U. Wittstadt, Fraunhofer ISE
10.50 - 11.10 Experimental Study on Optimizing Energy Efficiency in a Steam-Producing Heat
Pump System with Waste Heat Recovery
M. Enge (TUDresden), T. Werner Moesch (Combitherm), K. Klotsche (TU-Dresden),
C. Thomas (TU-Dresden)
11.10 - 11.30 Steam generation with heat upgrade technologies - Laboratory tests
and demonstration in the industry
L. Alonso (TECNALIA), M. G. de Arteche (TECNALIA), et al.
11.30 - 11.50 High-Temperature Butane Heat Pump for the R&D project EcoHeat Revolution
S. Beltman (Dutek)
11.50 - 12.10 Development and testing of cascade HTHPs with hydrocarbons
N. Ahlbrink (DTI), J. L. Poulsen (DTI), B. Zühlsdorf (DTI)
12.10 - 13.15 LUNCH
13.15 - 14.15 Individual Sessions
Choose between sessions 2-3A, 2-3B, 2-3C, and 2-3D
Looking Ahead – Bringing Technologies into Application
Session 2-3A
Room: Auditorium 15
Chair: J. K. Jensen, DTU
13.15 - 14.15 This session will discuss what’s ahead with a focus on how to bring systems into application. Stakeholders with different views on the value chain will share their key takeaways and considerations for future activities.
Participants will be announced shortly.
Reversible and Heat-Driven Systems
Session 2-3B
Room: Auditorium 10
Chair: A. Sciacovelli, DTU
13.15 - 13.35 Unlocking Value from Waste Heat: Energi Efficiency & Decarbonization without compromise
T. De Vloo (Qpinch), S. Rousseau (Qpinch)
13.35 - 13.55 Unlocking the potential of absorption heat transformer. The path to de-carbonization of steam generation
D. Gorlovsky (JCI)
13.55 - 14.15 Reversible large-scale heat pumps for district heating applications: First experimental characterization and
design of a 200 kWeldemonstrator
C. Schifflechner (TUM), A. Passamonti (TUM), et al.
Development, Test and Application of CO2 Systems
Session 2-3C
Room: Auditorium 11
Chair: J. Jeßberger, University of Bayreuth
13.15 - 13.35 CoBra – A High-Temperature, Load-Flexible Brayton-Cycle Heat Pump Demonstrator
A. P. Tran (DLR), J. Oehler (DLR), F. C. Yücel (DLR), P. Stathopoulos (DLR)
13.35 - 13.55 Reverse Brayton HTHP Application for Drying Processes in the Paper Industry: a Case Study
S. Barberis (Unige), A. Patti (Unige), A. Traverso (Unige)
13.55 - 14.15 Techno-economic analysis of a transcritical CO2 heat pump for a high-temperature drying application
J. Lagarde (SynchroStor), J. Oledzki (SynchroStor), A. Dole (SynchroStor), H. Simpson (SynchroStor)
14.15 - 14.45 Summing Up (All)
Session 2-4A
Room: Auditorium 15
Chair: B. Zühlendorf, Danish Technological Institute
14.15 - 14.45 This session will summarize the key takeaways from the Symposium and provide an outlook for the next years.
14.45 - 15.15 COFFEE BREAK
15.15 - 17.00 Sector Collaboration Workshops
Choose between sessions 2-5A, 2-5B, and 2-5C
These workshops will focus on bringing all players for the specific sector together for discussing sector-specific solutions. The sector collaborations are organized as part of the IEA HPT Project 68 and are open for all participants.
Textiles
Session 2-5A
Room: Auditorium 15
Chair: S. Pathiraja, Danish Technological Institute
14.45 - 17.00 The session will feature presentations on the overall structure of the textiles sector and their decarbonization targets and supply chain dynamics, as well as technical solutions. Moreover, it will be discussed how to bring solutions into application most optimally.
Chemicals
Session 2-5B
Room: Auditorium 10
Chair: F. Ahrendts, Fraunhofer IEG
14.45 - 17.00 This session will give an overview of the most promising heat pump applications in the chemical sector and discuss options for exploiting the potential.
Pulp and Paper
Session 2-5C
Room: Auditorium 11
Chair: P. Stathopoulos, DLR
14.45 - 17.00 This session provides an overview of the most optimal integration concepts for typical plant layouts and discusses what’s missing to enable complete decarbonization of pulp and paper plants.