Heat Pumps

Heat pumps move (pump) heat from its surrounding to a higher usable temperature level. Heat pumps draw heat from the air, ground, sewage or groundwater. The energy, which can be extracted from the heat sink (air, ground), is a multiple of the electricity input for the heat pump and can be elevated to a higher temperature level. In the capacity balance, electrical energy for the compressor and for the heat extracted from the environment is fed to the heat pump. At the outlet of the heat pump, one part of the energy input is available as heat on a higher temperature level.

Advantages of heat pumps

• Free heat source
• Very low energy costs
• Environmentally friendly
• No open fire on site, therefore no CO₂ emissions
• Advanced, proven and reliable technology
• Additional space, since no fuel storage is required
• No chimney required, no costs for chimney sweep
• Independent from fluctuating oil prices
• Basically maintenance free
• Flexible system with potential solutions for each area

Heat sources

• Earth
• Water
• Air

Areas of application

• Public utility companies and energy suppliers for feed-in of heat into local and district heat networks
• Production facilities in industrial areas with need for heat
• Hospitals to cover their base and their peak loads
• Swimming pools for heating the water and the building

Portfolio

• Electrically driven heat pumps in the power range from 100 kW up to 1 MW per module.
• Use of heat in low temperature systems
• Modular system to optimize the efficiency
• AGO AG as general contractor can provide design, construction and operation of the heat pump