Nov 25. UK’s first waste heat to high temperature heat pump system for Brick Dryers
Heatcatcher were the Principal Designers and Contractors managing the project delivery of the waste heat and water recovery system from the 7 chamber stacks to the heat pumps and the heat delivery network into the 7 drying chambers at the wienerberger Warnham Brickworks. The heat pump system supplies high temperature hot water to a heating system installed in the 7 chambers. The hot water heating system in the chambers offsets the heating provided by the natural gas burners. The excess condensed water recovered by the tower is recovered back to mix with the clay to mould the bricks, significantly reducing the site water usage.
Darren Bryant, Heatcatcher CEO, added “The system design is first of its kind in the UK for a drying process at a brick works. Working with the wienerberger team at Warnham made the design and delivery of the project a real success and we are excited about the future water, natural gas and carbon emissions savings achievable by wienerberger following the systems commissioning”
