Summer School

During the Project, a Summer School will be organised to facilitate knowledge transfer to interested parties, making use of the results generated within SPIRIT.

This training opportunity will aim at increasing the competences and knowledge of various stakeholders, thereby creating greater awareness regarding the challenges and opportunities of industrial heat pumps.

This intensive 10-day course will take place at DTU's premises in Copenhagen from the 16th to the 27th of June 2025. It will combine lectures, expert talks, and site visits to real-world and pilot High Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) applications. Participants will gain both scientific and applied knowledge on HTHP development, industrial integration, and business models, guided by leading European researchers, RTOs, and industry professionals.

Key Learning Areas:

🔹 Knowledge

• Role of HTHPs in sustainable energy systems
• Energy, exergy, and economic analysis methods
• Energy integration and pinch analysis
• Heat pump technologies: subcritical, transcritical, non-electrical cycles (e.g., thermoacoustic)
• Heat pump components, working fluids, compressors, and heat exchangers
• Market trends, business models, and EU regulations
• Heat storage mechanisms and modeling
• Real-world HTHP integration in decarbonized systems

🔹 Skills

• Analyze and optimize HTHPs for industrial applications
• Perform energy, exergy, and economic assessments
• Conduct pinch analysis using TLK tools
• Design efficient, cost-effective HTHPs and heat storage systems
• Model and tailor heat exchangers, compressors, and refrigerants
• Conduct techno-economic and environmental comparisons with competing technologies
• Integrate PID control in HTHP systems
• Evaluate market trends and regulatory compliance
• Study real-world case projects (e.g., SPIRIT, Push2Heat)

This program equips participants with both theoretical expertise and hands-on skills to drive industrial heat pump adoption and decarbonisation efforts.