Monday, 23 May 2016
Workshop on our heat pump dryer lab setup: The workshop aims to compare the energy efficiency of a conventional drying process to an optimized drying process.

(Number of participants limited to 40)

13h30-14h00

Registration

14h00-17h00

Workshop

18h30-23h00

Conference dinner at restaurant Ripasso with surprise act

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

08h30-09h00

Registration

Tuesday, 24 May 2016: Theme 1
Heat pump assisted drying
Session chair: Ir. Frank Koninckx, Kovia (BE), President of the Flemish User Group HP4Drying project

09h00-09h30

Heat pump assisted drying ‒ Principles and case studies on medicinal and spice plants
Dr. Ing. Thomas Ziegler, Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim e.V. - Germany

09h30-09h50

CORNET project Energetic and environmental optimisation of drying processes by integration of heat pumps (HP4Drying): objectives, project structure, partners, overview project results
Ing. Bruno Vanslambrouck, UGent TEI - Belgium

09h50-10h30

UGent lab scale test rig: prior calculations and simulations, design and construction, live demonstration
Ing. Jamy Logie, Ir. Minh Cuong Tran, UGent TEI and Matthias Verschoot, master student Mechanical Engineering, UGent Campus Kortrijk - Belgium

10h30-11h00

Coffee break – Visit to the lab scale test rig - Fair visit - Poster presentation

11h00-11h30

Pilot scale heat pump dryer demonstration at the PFI Energy Park
Dr. Michael Müller, Prüf- und Forschungsinstitut Pirmasens e.V. (PFI) - Germany

11h30-12h15

Results overview of executed industrial case studies within CORNET HP4Drying
Ir. Minh Cuong Tran, UGent TEI – Belgium, Ir. Ilya T’Jollyn, UGent ATHT - Belgium

12h15-12h45

Unseen and probably unknown possibilities of microwave drying, the best of two worlds by combination with heat pump assisted convection drying?
Ir. Carlo Groffils, Microwave Energy Applications Management (MEAM) - Belgium

12h45-14h00

Lunch break – Lab visit – Fair visit - Poster presentation

Tuesday, 24 May 2016: Theme 2
Recent developments in high temperature industrial heat pumps
Session chair: Ing. Gert Hendrickx, Esset (BE)

14h00-14h20

Upgrade of waste heat with a chemical heat pump
Ir. Wouter Ducheyne, QPinch - Belgium

14h20-14h40

Recent developments at ECN on Thermoacoustic heat pump technology
Ir. Jan-Aiso Lycklama à Nijeholt, Energieonderzoekscentrum Nederland (ECN) – The Netherlands

14h40-15h00

Targeting heat pump applications
Ir. Jan Grift, EnergyMatters B.V. – The Netherlands

Tuesday, 24 May 2016: Theme 3
Intermediate heat/cold storage in discontinue industrial processes
Session chair: Ir. Jan Grift, EnergyMatters (NL)

15h00-15h30

Thermal storage from 100°C and up to over 1000°C, state of the art, some references
Dip.-Ing. Maike Johnson, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Technische Thermodynamik und Thermische Prozesstechnik - Germany

15h30-15h50

Intermediate heat storage in ceramic production processes, some earlier evaluated possibilities
Dr. Anne Tretau, Institut für Ziegelforschung (IZF) – Germany

15h50-16h20

Coffee break - Fair visit - Poster presentation

16h20-16h40

Thermal storage in industrial processes – LOCOSTO project.
Dr. Robert de Boer, Energieonderzoekscentrum Nederland (ECN) – The Netherlands

16h40-17h00

The MERITS project: thermal energy storage using novel thermochemical materials
Dr. Jan Diriken, Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) – Belgium

17h00-17h20

CORNET project proposal “Short term heat or cold storage in industry (ShortStore)”: objectives, project structure, partners
Ing. Bruno Vanslambrouck, UGent TEI - Belgium

17h20-

Closing reception - Fair visit - Poster presentation