Description
At the BMW plant in Landshut, we have implemented an innovative energy resilience project that intelligently combines waste heat, cooling and electricity: Based on our waste heat utilization concept, a heat recovery system was installed by Siemens/Müller as part of an energy savings contracting project. The excess heat from the aluminum melting furnaces (approx. 640 °C output temperature) is fed into the plant's internal hot water network
🔧 Technical system components:
- 2 absorption chillers with a total output of approx. 2.0 MW, which generate process cooling and feed it into the cold water network
- A new CHP supplements the energy center: 2.68 MW electrical and 2.36 MW thermal - planned and implemented by Gammel Engineering
In addition, we took over the system planning for BMW - hydraulics, I&C technology and network connection of all components - right through to successful implementation.
💡 Why the project is impressive:
- Ultra-efficient use of industrial waste heat, with around 2-4 MW of thermal output from exhaust gases.
- Flexible cooling and heat supply via absorber technology - for a significant reduction in primary energy and emissions
- Modern CHP expansion, which enables sustainable self-supply of electricity and supplements the energy system.
- System integration for holistic energy supply - we combine waste heat utilization, cooling & power generation into a smart overall system at BMW
Conclusion: With Landshut, Gammel Engineering proves what modern energy architecture can achieve: waste heat is turned into cooling, heating and power - highly efficient, sustainable and reliable. This project is a beacon for industrial energy optimization and shows how the energy sector of tomorrow will work.
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