Blue Heart Energy: new type of heat pump

Among them, heat pumps are considered to be the most efficient system. However, they have significant performance limitations and need to be combined with other systems to meet the full residential needs, becoming complex to install and expensive for the user. But this is about to change: together with TNO, the start-up Blue Heart Energy is working on a new type of heat pump that will overcome all the shortcomings of current heat pumps.

A clean solution

Compression heat pumps and air conditioning systems currently use refrigerants with HFC, that have 1.000 to 9.000 times greater capacity to warm the atmosphere than CO2. Blue Heart has leveraged TNO’s deep knowledge on thermo acoustics to develop a heat pump that uses Helium as medium without requiring a refrigerant. Hence, it is innocuous for the environment.

Highly efficient and adequate for both new homes and existing ones

Current heat pumps require a good house insulation in order to work efficiently. Blue Heart superior performance eliminates this barrier of entry, as it can function efficiently in existing houses without requiring previous insulation.

Silent and affordable

Blue Hearts Technology is completely silent. It contains fewer parts than today’s complex systems. As a consequence, it will significantly reduce the cost of ownership of heat pumps by lowering not only the energy bill, but also its purchase price and the maintenance needs.

Blue Heart inside

Blue Heart Energy solution has been conceived to replace the core component of existing heat pumps, and designed to be easily integrated by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and system integrators. Hence, it will not be directly sold to the public, but as the embedded engine of the most advanced heat pumps in the market. It will be launched in the Netherlands, and the EU, but it is expected to revolutionize the heating and cooling industry in the entire world. TNO is a co-founder of Blue Heart Energy and also has a technology license agreement.

Read about our new type of heat pump on Innovation Origins or watch the video about Thermo Acoustics heat pump from Blue Heart.