{"id":507,"date":"2018-10-04T13:35:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T11:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/?page_id=507"},"modified":"2024-06-22T09:02:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T07:02:45","slug":"sectors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"507\" class=\"elementor elementor-507\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9021720 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9021720\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-663ff02\" data-id=\"663ff02\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b570ea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b570ea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"fernwaerme\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6117544 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6117544\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e234ba5\" data-id=\"5e234ba5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c847334 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c847334\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1300bbd5\" data-id=\"1300bbd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382a2d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"382a2d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sectors<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2dc946ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2dc946ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59b5510b\" data-id=\"59b5510b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a9d880 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"57a9d880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6114a7f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6114a7f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-821a7\" data-id=\"821a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-316cf404 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"316cf404\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">District heating \/ District cooling<br><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e8517b9\" data-id=\"6e8517b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f1b2e22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f1b2e22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/heat-pumps\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Absorption heat pumps<\/span><\/strong><\/a> are mostly used to increase the efficiency of boilers and\/or combined heat and power plants.<br \/>The flue gas from heating plants or combined heat and power plants can be condensed largely irrespectively of the district heating networks\u2019 return temperature.<br \/>In biomass boilers, more than 30% of additional usable energy can be extracted from the flue gas, in gas boilers more than 10%.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/chillers\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Absorption chillers<\/strong><\/span><\/a> are used to cool buildings or production processes using waste heat which often cannot be fully utilised in summer. Special-purpose machines operated at low temperatures, e.g. flow\/return = 70\u00b0C\/55\u00b0C, are particularly suitable for this purpose.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/absorption-heat-exchangers\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Absorption heat exchangers<\/strong><\/span><\/a> are used to actively cool the return flow of a district heating network. They are installed as a transfer station between a warmer primary network and a secondary network with a lower temperature.<br \/>This increases the transport capacity of the primary network; with the cold return flow, additional waste heat sources can often be tapped.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23687df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23687df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each of the machine types mentioned can also be used in combination: For example, an absorption heat exchanger can be used to increase the line capacity in winter and as a chiller in summer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-183d6c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"183d6c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d9f734\" data-id=\"0d9f734\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98259d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"98259d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"biomass-combustion-systems\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d38983e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d38983e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b058cd\" data-id=\"8b058cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f5d61 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"57f5d61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee1bc46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee1bc46\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-913ade5\" data-id=\"913ade5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a763e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a763e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biomass combustion systems<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1713e3b\" data-id=\"1713e3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dfbeba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dfbeba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/heat-pumps\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Absorption heat pumps<\/strong><\/span><\/a> play a particularly important role in biomass boilers, as the fuel used in large plants usually has a water content of 40 to 55%.<br \/><br \/>Since absorption machines use heat as the driving energy, this technology allows the moisture contained in the flue gas to be condensed almost completely without noticeably increasing electricity consumption. The output of a biomass furnace operated with wood chips thus increases by more than 30%.<br \/><br \/>Since the flue gas has a very low moisture content after passing through the condensation plant, the energy requirement for devaporisation is reduced.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9dcbe82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9dcbe82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5463f4\" data-id=\"d5463f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c133c51\" data-id=\"c133c51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe0df43 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fe0df43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Rauchgaskondensation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-download\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Flue gas condensation (PDF)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c58b79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c58b79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3796a4\" data-id=\"f3796a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca29c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"8ca29c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"industrial-district-heating-cooling\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d725ab4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d725ab4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-751a92d\" data-id=\"751a92d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efabbe9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"efabbe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8dc9a62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8dc9a62\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a233a58\" data-id=\"a233a58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a049351 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a049351\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Industrial process heating and chilling<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-64eeb8c\" data-id=\"64eeb8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85f8d68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85f8d68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/heat-pumps\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Absorption heat pumps<\/strong><\/span><\/a> are used to raise waste heat, which would otherwise be lost unused at low temperature levels, to a higher, usable temperature. Because heat is used to drive the heat pump, the electricity consumption is less than 0.5% of the delivered heat.<br \/>If low-temperature waste heat is available, directly gas-fired heat pumps can, in effect, be used as a boiler with an efficiency of approx. 160%.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/heat-pumps\/#category-two\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Category 2 absorption heat pumps<\/strong><\/span><\/a> provide usable heat at temperature that is higher than the heat pump\u2019s driving heat. This allows, for example, water to be heated to 95\u00b0C from otherwise dissipated waste heat at 65\u00b0C. About half of the driving heat used is released into the environment as waste heat.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/chillers\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Absorption chillers<\/strong><\/span><\/a> are used to cool buildings or production processes using waste heat as driving energy.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e76d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69e76d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the industrial sector, it often makes sense to use the same unit as a chiller in summer and as a heat pump in winter.<br \/>Depending on the mode of operation, the industrial waste heat is drawn from various sources, such as cooling water, waste water, exhaust air or flue gas from production. To ensure successful, economical operation, it is important to optimise the unit for each application scenario, taking into consideration all involved processes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85352a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85352a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96c064f\" data-id=\"96c064f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fd5a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"28fd5a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"trigeneration\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0e3ffc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0e3ffc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-297337a\" data-id=\"297337a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da77d6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7da77d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0dfc1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0dfc1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9757deb\" data-id=\"9757deb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdafb5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdafb5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Combined heat and power generation <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1df4868\" data-id=\"1df4868\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e47e6e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e47e6e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Improved combined heat and power (CHP) and trigeneration (CCHP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In combined heat and power generation, gas engines or other processes are used to simultaneously generate electricity and heat. In the case of trigeneration \u2013 the combination of power generation, heat generation and cooling \u2013, the heat is then used as input to an absorption chiller for cooling.<\/p>\n<p>This, in turn, paves the way for two approaches for improving use of absorption machines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Used as a <a href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/chillers\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>chiller<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, for example, the exhaust gas from a gas engine with a temperature above 400\u00b0C can be used to operate a double-stage chiller. Thus the cooling capacity of the same trigeneration plant can be increased by approx. 40% compared to the use of a simple single-stage chiller.<\/li>\n<li>Used as a <a href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/heat-pumps\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>heat pump<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the exhaust gas from a gas engine can be condensed and the fuel efficiency of the CHP plant increased to more than 100%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sectors District heating \/ District cooling Absorption heat pumps are mostly used to increase the efficiency of boilers and\/or combined heat and power plants.The flue gas from heating plants or combined heat and power plants can be condensed largely irrespectively of the district heating networks\u2019 return temperature.In biomass boilers, more than 30% of additional usable &#8230; <a title=\"Sectors\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/sectors\/\" aria-label=\"More on Sectors\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-507","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sectors - STEPSAHEAD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stepsahead.at\/en\/sectors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sectors - STEPSAHEAD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sectors District heating \/ District cooling Absorption heat pumps are mostly used to increase the efficiency of boilers and\/or combined heat and power plants.The flue gas from heating plants or combined heat and power plants can be condensed largely irrespectively of the district heating networks\u2019 return temperature.In biomass boilers, more than 30% of additional usable ... 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