Vilter single screw industrial heat pumps deliver significant improvements in efficiency, reliability, and sustainability, challenging the status quo and accelerating the global energy transition. Leveraging our industry expertise, our natural refrigerant solutions help organizations and municipalities achieve their internal sustainability targets as part of their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals.
With a legacy spanning over 155 years, Vilter by Copeland stands as a foremost technology and engineering innovator in industrial compression systems, spearheading the energy transition towards highly sustainable solutions for biogas, refrigeration, and heating. Our steadfast dedication to technical innovation and leadership has positioned us as the preferred partner for district and process heating applications, offering modular, scalable, and robust solutions.
Industrial heat pumps combine measurable sustainability benefits with a strong business case in many global regions. The efficiency advantages of heat pumps for heating and cooling offer a significant opportunity to improve sustainability in facilities and support the global green energy transition.
Industrial systems discard a significant quantity of heat to the atmosphere, where heat pumps capture this wasted heat efficiently and use it to cut the fossil fuels burned to heat water. Industrial heat pumps are environmentally friendly and economical, allowing operators to make the most of their energy resources.
Our transformational solutions are powered by the efficient Vilter single screw compressor, which enables industry leading up-time over decades of operation.
To achieve the global decarbonization of industry by 2050, the development and implementation of scalable heat pump solutions is essential.
Standard x Flexible = Scalable
This equation represents a new approach to expedite the energy transition to a sustainable future. With a focus towards a scalable, modular package, Vilter is helping push the adoption of industrial heat pump technology - while making decarbonization a key priority for industrial applications.
Purpose-built and expertly-crafted to decarbonize heating, the Vilter heat pump solutions are backed by the foundational elements of performance, reliability, and simplicity.
Case Study
When a UK-based Nestlé plant wanted to reduce the environmental footprint of its heating and cooling systems, its goals were to increase energy efficiency and transition to a low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant without sacrificing reliability or performance. An industrial ammonia heat pump solution from Vilter checked all the boxes.
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A fully farmer-owned business, Conestoga Meats has long prioritized sustainability in its business culture, demonstrated by its dedication to waste free production and investments in sustainable processing initiatives. In 2013, as part of a major infrastructure upgrade project at its Breslau facility, Conestoga Meats decided that a heat pump would be an important element of the refrigeration plant expansion.
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To meet the need for 194 °F water for a new district heating system, the city of Drammen, Norway, turned to industrial heat pumps from Emerson to convert the frigid North Sea into a renewable energy source — and in turn, providing an efficient, sustainable heat source for local residents and businesses.
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For years, Chile’s leading poultry processor relied on boilers to heat well water for their sanitation needs — allowing waste heat to be discharged to the environment. By capturing the waste heat with an innovative ammonia heat pump plant to heat the well water, they reduced heat energy costs by 72%.
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While the Kraft Foods plant in Davenport, Iowa, had made significant investments in energy conservation, it still lacked the ability to capture rejected heat from its industrial refrigeration system to provide hot water for hygienic cleaning purposes. By installing an ammonia heat pump system utilizing Vilter™ single screw compressors, the plant now supplies 145 °F hot water and saves 14,000,000 gallons of water annually.
An innovative heat pump pioneered by Copeland and Hydro Quebec passed 15,000 hours of testing, further validating the ability to use CO2 (R744) for the simultaneous heating and cooling of large buildings. This eco-friendly heat pump solution reduces greenhouse gas emissions and improves energy efficiency while offering load flexibility to building operators
