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Cooling Solutions For The Circular Economy:

Technotrans Wins A Major Order From Ubq Materials

a flagship project for the development of technotrans is responsible for planning
other innovative sustainability concepts. the central cooling system at the new re-
The start of operations is planned for the cycling location in Berg op Zoom in the
end of 2022. The order volume is in the Dutch Zeeland region. The challenge:
seven-digit range. To comply with the stringent emission
"The solutions initiated by technotrans restrictions, the company is developing
as well as their ability to complete inter- an efficient cooling system with a high
national projects of this magnitude were proportion of heat recovery. To this end,
very convincing," says Uwe Geissler, technotrans uses a combined concept
• Central cooling systems for the re- project coordinator at UBQ Materi- based on two cooling circuits plus a con-
cycling of household waste als, explaining the decision in favour of nected hot water system. "Our custom-
the specialist for thermal management ised system fulfils the stringent require-
• Efficient energy processes thanks to ments concerning the production of a
a combined cooling/heating con- solutions. "We anticipate that our pro- climate-positive (or carbon-negative)
cept duction operations will benefit greatly thermoplastic material," says Nicolai
• Low carbon footprint as a prerequi- Küls, Managing Director of technotrans
site for the operation of the system solutions GmbH.
Meinerzhagen (Germany), 7 April 2022 To ensure the operational reliability and
– Sustainable cooling solution for a availability of the UBQ™ conversion
ground-breaking up-cycling process en- process, a modern heat pump system
suring the transformation of household with a recooler and a capacity of 2,800
waste into thermoplastic material: tech- kW is used for the continuous cooling
notrans develops the central cooling and of the production machinery to 15°C.
heating circuit for the first European In addition, a second circuit of the sys-
production location of UBQ Materi- from the operational safety, availability, tem with a capacity of 850 kW ensures a
als. The company from Israel awards the energy efficiency and low carbon foot- permanent temperature level of 20°C of
contract for the design and implemen- print of the solutions as well as from the exhaust air emitted by the produc-
tation of an efficient cooling and heat- technotrans' expertise." tion machinery. Both cooling circuits
ing circuit to technotrans SE group. The Two cooling circuits for a patented are rated for an annual operating time
initiative with a focus on the economical conversion process of 7,700 hours at a minimum.
use of energy resources is intended to be Integrated waste heat process
An additional high-temperature heat
pump, which is realised in cooperation
with SPH Sustainable Process Heat
GmbH, is connected to the cooling
circuit for the production machinery.
This modern cooling and heat pump
technology raises the temperature level
of the system in a dual-step process to
130°C. With a capacity of 1,367 kW,
the hot water circuit heats the elementa-
ry drying system based on the waste heat
originating from the cooling processes.
"Our close involvement in this pioneer-

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