New Heat Pump Installation

New heat pump installation connected at Unika.

This time in the tool department at Lyngbakkevej 6, where a new 165 kWh heat pump installation works by extracting all the heat from the machines with cooling systems. The excess heat from the premises is extracted using installed fan coil units and heaters (cooling and heating systems). The result is a consistent temperature of 20-22 degrees, and the excess energy can be sent via district heating to consumers in the city of Ans.

Benefits of a Heat Pump

One of the advantages of a heat pump is that it utilizes all ambient and production heat, and Unika can transfer the unused heat to the power plant with minimal energy costs. The experience from the first heat pumps, which were installed in the Composites department at Lyngbakkevej 14, has led to a strong focus on proper sizing and the ability to maintain a consistent temperature in the premises through heating/cooling.

Environmental Benefits

The environmental benefit lies in the fact that we send energy to the district heating system and heat up using our own excess heat. It is expected that we will send 75,000 kWh/month to the heating plant. In the current installation, we send an average of 120,000 kWh/month to the heating plant. The installation impacts our ESG accounts positively by reducing our carbon value. Heating of 130 Houses per Year With an average consumption of 18,100 kWh/year/house, we expect the new installation to be able to provide excess heat for heating a total of 130 houses in Ans. The existing installation at Unika has supplied approximately 80 houses per year over the years, so this represents an increase of an additional 50 houses with the new heat pump installation at Unika.

Collaboration on Efficient Energy Transfer

Unika collaborates with the power plant in Ans to ensure efficient energy transfer. This is a very successful collaboration where the heating plant has invested in new piping to Lyngbakkevej 6 and new district heating pipelines with bigger capacity to the houses in the area. Additionally, the heating plant in Ans has installed two pumps, one in each department at Unika, to control the flow.