Chigo PCM Phase Change Thermal Storage Heat Pump New Products Make a Grand Debut at 2023 China Heat Pump Exhibition

From March 18 to 20, 2023, the 13th HPE China Heat Pump Exhibition was held in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. Guangdong Gaormei Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd., a leading brand in the air-source heat pump field rated by China Energy Conservation Association for ten consecutive years, a 2022 National "Little Giant" Enterprise specializing in precision and innovation recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, a "2022 Guangdong Famous Brand", and a winner of the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, was invited to participate in the exhibition. It made a grand appearance with clean energy application solutions such as clean energy heating and cooling, and low-carbon hot water! Moreover, it held a new product launch conference at 10:30 a.m. on March 18, where the new Chigo PCM Phase Change Thermal Storage Heat Pump series made a brilliant debut and received attention and praise from on-site exhibitors!

Among them, the heat recovery sludge dehumidification and drying unit of Guangdong Gaormei Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd. won the Innovative Product Award at the 2023 HPE China Heat Pump Exhibition.

It is understood that Guangdong Gaormei Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd. was established in 2012 with the brand development vision of "making human settlements more low-carbon". Currently, its business scope mainly covers air-source heat pumps, solar thermal energy, phase change energy storage (heat/cold storage) technology and product applications, high-end precision manufacturing, heat pump air conditioning engineering and other fields.

Mr. Ding Xiaojiang, founder, chairman of the company, and Doctor of Thermal Physics, had long been engaged in product scientific research, teaching and product design in the fields of aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, refrigeration and air conditioning before founding "Gaormei". He once participated in the national key research project (adjustment of train aerodynamics research), and has won many provincial Science and Technology Progress Awards from the Ministry of Aeronautics and Astronautics Industry, Jiangsu Province, Guangdong Province, etc. He is a senior technical expert in China's air conditioning and refrigeration, air-source heat pump fields.

On site, Shi Yongkang and Yang Jie, responsible persons of Gaormei's marketing, jointly unveiled Chigo's new product "Chigo PCM Phase Change Thermal Storage Heat Pump", triggering a new trend in the development of the industry market!

Chigo PCM Phase Change Thermal Storage Heat Pump breaks through the usage limitation in extremely cold weather

The newly released "Chigo PCM Phase Change Thermal Storage Heat Pump" is an intelligent thermal heating product that uses electricity during the off-peak hours of the power grid as energy at night and stores heat from off-peak electricity for all-day heating. It is composed of a PCM phase change energy storage module, air energy and an electronic control system. As a heat source, it provides distributed clean heating and hot water for users. Users do not need to replace their original terminal heating and hot water equipment. At the same time, it has the characteristics of small floor space, large heat storage capacity per unit volume, modular installation, constant hot water supply temperature, safe and reliable operation, etc.

PCM phase change thermal storage heat pump is a modern energy-saving heat storage device made of high-performance phase change materials, which can provide high-power and fast-response hot water—reliable, safe and efficient. The system breaks through the usage limitation in extremely cold weather, and provides a solution for the northern cold regions where water resources are scarce, the government prohibits drilling for water, ground-source heat pump systems have high cost and large floor space, and cold-heat imbalance, resulting in a significant reduction in system investment!

Chigo PCM Phase Change Thermal Storage Heat Pump can be divided into two different operating conditions: energy-saving and comfortable, so as to achieve comfortable heating while minimizing operating costs. At the same time, it has three core technologies: small temperature difference phase change energy storage principle, charging and discharging principle of combining phase change materials with heat pumps, and intelligent control system. Through the combination of software and hardware, it gives priority to the use of off-peak electricity. When the off-peak electricity cannot meet the heat demand, it automatically uses flat-section electricity to achieve lower operating costs while heating!

As early as September 1, 2021, Gaormei Liuzhou (Guangxi) Intelligent Heat Pump Industrial Park was put into production and the first batch of products rolled off the production line. Covering an area of 122 mu (about 81,333 square meters) with a building area of 100,000 square meters, the park’s newly-built modern production lines for air-source heat pumps and smart home appliances have an annual capacity of 1 million units, and the output value is expected to reach 8 billion yuan—laying a solid manufacturing foundation for the innovation and development of Chigo air energy products.

The new Chigo PCM Phase Change Energy Storage Heat Pump boasts eight core advantages: high efficiency, energy saving, intelligence, labor saving, stability, safety, large heat storage density per unit volume, and wider applicability. Compared with ordinary air energy products, it is more energy-efficient, comfortable, efficient, safe and environmentally friendly, bringing users an ultimate heating and cooling experience.

- High efficiency: Electric-to-heat conversion efficiency ≥ 95%, heat loss ≤ 5%;

- Significant cost savings: Uses low-cost off-peak electricity at night, reducing operating costs by over 50% compared with electric heating;

- Intelligent operation: User-friendly interface supports setting different heating temperatures for different time periods based on human needs;

- Long durability: Phase change materials can undergo ≥ 7,300 cycles with a non-degradable service life of up to 20 years;

- Safe and reliable: Operates at normal pressure; phase change energy storage materials are non-toxic, pollution-free, recyclable, flame-retardant, explosion-proof and non-oxidizable, with multiple protections (overload, leakage, phase loss, phase sequence protection, etc.);

- High heat storage density: Adopts phase change materials with large solid-liquid phase change latent heat, 2-5 times that of water storage;

- Wide applicability: Unaffected by the environment, suitable for residences, communities, villas, schools, shopping malls, office buildings and other places.

A new decade, a new journey. Dr. Ding, the founder, proposed the company’s strategic goal for the second decade: to transform from an industry-leading brand to a well-known public brand. Gaormei will focus on the development and application of energy-saving, emission-reducing and carbon-reducing heat pump technologies and new phase change energy storage materials, enabling more people to enjoy its full-scenario solutions for smart, comfortable and clean thermal energy, and building a sustainable and high-quality development enterprise.

The grand launch of "Chigo PCM Phase Change Energy Storage Heat Pump" marks the beginning of Gaormei’s corporate vision turning into reality—it also injects new ideas and directions into the high-quality development of the clean energy industry! In the future, Gaormei will adhere to its brand original aspiration of "Technology Guards the Blue Sky, Love Warms the World" and its proposition of "Making Human Settlements More Comfortable and Low-Carbon", adding new vitality to a low-carbon and better future world!