Senior executives of GEA Turkey attended the Energy Efficiency Week events organised by the Istanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers (MMO). Speaking on a panel held as part of Energy Efficiency Week, GEA Turkey Service Director Nahsen Topuz presented GEA’s approach to heat pump technologies and examples of their application in industry to participants.
As part of Energy Efficiency Week, organised by the MMO Istanbul Branch on 8–9 January, ten separate sessions were held with expert speakers on topics including climate change, climate technologies, energy efficiency applications in living spaces and industry, sustainable transformation with renewable energy sources, sustainability, energy efficiency financing and heat pump technologies.
One of the representatives who delivered the opening speech of the Energy Efficiency Week events was Ezgi Kılıç, Senior Sales Manager at GEA Turkey and Chair of the Board of the MMO Istanbul Branch. The Heat Pump Session was moderated by Arslan Çağlayan Gürel, Deputy Chair of the MMO İzmir Branch and member of the İSKİD–DOSİDER Heat Pump Commission. In the session, which covered the current state of heat pump technologies, market dynamics and different application areas, GEA Turkey Service Director Nahsen Topuz gave a presentation titled ‘Heat Pump Applications in Industry’.
In this presentation, Topuz addressed the current structure of heating and cooling systems in industry, their potential in terms of energy efficiency and the role of heat pump technologies in this area, drawing attention to the differences between conventional boiler systems and heat pump systems. He explained that heat pumps offer an advantage over fossil-fuelled systems thanks to their high efficiency values. He also stated that, with a holistic design and waste heat recovery, both heating and cooling needs in industrial plants can be met through a single system.
Topuz also described the environmental advantages of heat pump systems using NH₃ (ammonia), stating that NH₃-based systems have zero global warming potential, can reach high supply temperatures and are widely preferred in industrial applications.
GEA offers high-efficiency heat pump solutions
With the high-efficiency heat pump solutions it has developed for industrial applications, GEA aims to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. By enabling waste heat recovery in heating and cooling processes, these systems reduce fossil fuel use and deliver significant reductions in companies’ energy consumption and costs. Used in industrial waste heat recovery, district heating and process heating applications, GEA heat pumps offer high efficiency and sustainability advantages. The open-type and RedGenium series heat pumps in GEA’s portfolio, able to operate at temperatures of up to +95 °C, provide solutions for the different needs of industrial plants.
Heat pump technologies are used in many industries, particularly food and beverage, dairy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, metals, textiles and paper. They are also widely preferred in district heating systems, utilities, cold storage and marine applications. In these sectors, heat pumps meet both heating and cooling needs through waste heat recovery, contributing to energy efficiency and the reduction of carbon emissions.
In the assessments made on the panel, it was emphasised that designing heating and cooling systems in industry in an integrated way is critical for energy efficiency and sustainability goals.
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