26 January 2022 by Kylie Hargreaves
The effective use of heat pumps for high temperature industrial processes, such as drying in brick making, has been advancing well thanks to a 13 party consortium in Europe called DryFiciency. By working through the challenges of lubricants, refrigerants, compressors and many other aspects of high-temp industrial processes, DryFiciency's pilot projects have; saved 80% of energy used in industrial drying processes, reduced CO2 emissions by up to 75% and reduced the cost of production up to 20%/kg product.