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|PAT Name=CO2-Heat Pump
|PAT Picture=CO2-Wärmepumpe.jpg
|PAT Type EE=Energy Efficiency
|PAT Type RE=Renewable Energy
|PAT Description=A heat pump is a device that provides heat energy from a source of heat to a destination called a "heat sink". Heat pumps are designed to move thermal energy opposite to the direction of spontaneous heat flow by absorbing heat from a cold space and release it to a warmer one, and vice-versa. A heat pump uses some amount of external power to accomplish the work of transferring energy from the heat source to the heat sink.
In agriculture and food industry, the heat pump can be used to transfer lower temperature waste heat to usable heat at temperatures of 60°C. With CO2 as working medium temperatures upto 90°C can be reached. While heating on one side, the heat pump is cooling on the other side. So, ideally the heat pump can coincidently be used as a heating and cooling device. While using thermal storages, the heat pump can ideally be operated with fluctuating renewable energy sources like wind an solar power.
|PAT Technology Application Solar=Solar
|PAT Technology Application Wind=Wind
|PAT Technology Application Hydro=Hydro
|PAT Value Processing=Processing
|PAT Value Other=space heating and cooling
|PAT Actions Washing=Washing
|PAT Actions Heating=Heating
|PAT Actions Drying=Drying
|PAT Actions Cooling=Cooling
|PAT Actions Sanitation=Sanitation
|PAT Commodity Other=All commodity groups with heating, cooling and drying requirements
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|PAT Dev Region Europe=Europe & Central Asia
|PAT Dev Country Europe=Germany
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|PAT Manufacturers=CO2 high temperature heat pumps: http://www.thermea.de

Standard heat pumps: http://www.waermepumpen.info/hersteller
|PAT Economics=Depending on the application, heat pumps can provide low cost heat economically
|PAT Technology Development Level=Co2 heat pump: pilot projects and first implementation
Standard heat pumps: widespread use
|PAT Maintenance=Medium: technology can be maintained through its life cycle with uncommon tools and requires moderate training for maintenance
|PAT Infrastructure=Medium: technology development requires uncommon tools, mid-development level supporting technologies and moderately trained personnel
|PAT Required Resources Manufacture=Energy, Metals, Plastics, Lubricants and whatever a professional mechanical and electrical workshop requires
|PAT Required Resources Operation=Electricity and CO2 as working medium
|PAT Deployment Level=Country-wide use, first commercial project in Germany and Switzerland (http://www.thermeco2.com/de/projekte/item/386-schlachtbetrieb-zuerich);
|PAT Deployment Capability=The technology can be widely deployed; Has the potential for worldwide use;
|PAT Requirements for Deployment=Local engineering capabilities, project management, technology transfer and distribution chains, implementation od local production and maintenance sevices;
|PAT Relevance Autonomy=Energy independent: operates with onsite renewables, requires supporting tech and services
|PAT Environment Impacts=Low: no direct emissions, when operated with renewable energies, indirect emissions during manufacturing and transport
|PAT Bio-Cybernetic=High
|PAT Links=Information about CO2 heat pumps: http://www.thermea.de

General information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump
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|PAT Commodity Cheese and Butter=Cheese and Butter
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