The National Team of the Nederlands
National Team members
| Contact information | Field of expertise |
| Mr Onno Kleefkens (Team Leader) SenterNovem P.O. Box 8242 3503 RE Utrecht Tel.: +31-30-2393449 Fax: +31-30-2316491 Email: o.kleefkens @ senternovem.nl www.senternovem.nl www.warmtepompenwegwijzer.nl
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Activities within the National Team
The National Team arranges three to four meetings every
year. The following topics are discussed during these meetings (among other
things) :
• National developments and strengthening the position of heat pumps in the
basis of national policy
• Strengthening of the national knowledge basis
• Collaboration in EU and IEA projects
• Organisation of international workshops in Netherlands
Projects of interest in the Nederlands
Several of the participants are active in national and international projects.
The main current areas for research and development are related to market developments and can be segmented into:
• Improvement of heat sources, with air-coolers, ground source loop-systems, open source systems and the use of waste heat.
• Improvement and development of heat pump technology and components, such as:
o Development of retrofit heat pumps to replace oil and gas burners
o Development of heat pumps with natural working fluids (ammonia and CO2)
o Development of heat pumps with sorption cycli;
o Improving components such as compressors, heat exchangers and other equipment
• Improving systems for heating at low temperatures and cooling at high temperatures in new buildings and methods for renovation of buidlings
• Improving the integration of the heat pumps in new and existing buildings incl. improvement of control equipment and control strategies;
Further information
| Last updated: 14 February 2006 |
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