Israeli developer Tigi Solar is deploying an industrial heat pump to support the heating system at the facility of a food industry enterprise in Israel. The heat pump has an output of 780 kW and a coefficient of performance (COP) of 4.6. It uses existing ammonia chiller waste heat as the heat source and can reportedly provide a hot water temperature of 65 C.
Israeli solar thermal specialist Tigi Solar announced it has been selected by the food industry enterprise Of Galil Ltd to install the country’s first-of-its-kind renewable heating system based on an industrial heat pump.
The heating system will be mainly used for washing and cleaning the production lines and floors twice a day. The feed water is tap water and the hot water is stored in two tanks of 70 m3 each.
“The client is currently using steam to heat the feed water for this application,” a spokesperson from Tigi Solar told pv magazine. “The steam generator is fed by Mazut, which is a low-quality heavy fuel oil. It will now be dismantled and help the client reduce operating costs and maintenance efforts.”
The industrial heat pump used for the project has an output of 780 kW and a coefficient of performance (COP) of 4.6. It measures 1.7 m² x 5.3 m² and has a weight of 6.6 tons. It uses existing ammonia chiller waste heat as the heat source, thereby improving the performance of the existing chiller, and can reportedly provide a hot water temperature of 65 C.
