What is HERU?
This was a question asked twice in response to our last newsletter.
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With this prompt I would like to share Mission HERU’s Vision, so this is a brief synopsis of the HERU and the vision for the company.
HERU is a clean, quiet and safe hybrid heat pump that produces water at over 70 degrees C, whilst reducing Global Warming Gasses. HERU is energised by electric, 20% hydrogen blend of gas can be used, mains gas / LPG or biogas, along with the energy created from items previously discarded with no further purpose to include uneaten food/ garden trimmings/paper/card/plastic packaging/nappies etc. As HERU produces hot water at a temperature in excess of a standard electric heat pump, the expensive modifications required to enable an air or ground source heat pump to work efficiently are not required i.e. larger pipe sizes, special radiators, underfloor heating pipes, wall insulation.
Mission HERU’s vision is to make HERU available and affordable for every person and organisation globally (commercial customers initially) using volume engineering and production techniques. We plan to manufacture 500,000 HERU heat pumps per annum in the UK, starting production in 2024 of the early adopter units, going on to create over 4,000 new skilled direct employees in the UK, within 15 years (up skilling employees in the “waste” industry as install, production and service engineers) and over 3,000 indirect jobs in the UK supply chain. 4 factories are planned globally with a further 25,000 direct employees, producing 2 million HERU heat pumps per annum.
Special thank you to Trudi Webber for managing the new website with Laser Red and James Newell, Nigel Green for managing the UKCA and CE certification process, Downing IP for securing the USA patent (not straightforward) and the fabrication companies (ABC Stainless for being with us since 2017, so helpful) and the many other loyal suppliers behind the scenes helping us.
Kind regards
Nik
Read on for more details.
HERU 125 Built, Commissioned and in Test
The pre-production commercial HERU125 is now in test.
This process has included the testing and validation of the lid locking safety system, the tuning of the proportional-integral-derivative controller (PID Controller) and the testing of the engineers diagnostic Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system.
The commercial HERU units are fitted with an EWON device that allows the HERU engineers to access the HERU, via an independent SIM card (no requirement to connect the HERU to the customers IT system) for diagnostic assistance and software updates.
The HERU has been fitted with PT100 thermocouples reading the water temperatures to provide accurate data for the Co-efficiency of Performance (COP), along with the input gas meter and input electric meter.
HERU 125 Certification
We are in the process of obtaining UKCA / CE certification.
The UKCA marking is the product marking used for products being placed on the market in Great Britain. The CE marking is the product marking used for products being placed on the market in the European Economic Area.
There are 6 stages to the above certification process:
- Identify the applicable legislation
- Identify the applicable requirements of legislation
- Identify an appropriate route to conformity
- Assessment of the products conformity
- Compile the Technical File (TDF)
- Create a Declaration UKCA / CE and affix the required mark
Team HERU New Recruits
We are pleased to welcome Nigel Green, Design Development Manager and Andrew Mawby, Design Engineer to the HERU Team.
Nigel brings over 35 years’ experience working for companies such as AGA Rangemaster, Rover Group, Grau, Ricardo, Powertrain and CE Marking Association.
Andrew is a highly experienced & creative Mechanical Engineer with over 26 years’ engineering experience.
HERU Website Launch
The HERU website has been completely rebuilt working with some incredible companies to include Laser Red specialist in website design, Clear Sales Message specialising in a “Clear Sales Message”, Salsus Design providing specialised image rendering and Ellie Spencer of Spencer Photography for the photography and drone images.
We hope you like the new site, which can be viewed via the link at the end of our newsletter and that it reflects our next chapter, as we move to commercialisation.
Investment News
Following the investment of £750k made by Jamie Orton in 2021, a further investment of £750k was made in 2022 by US company Santo Lira LLC.
We are also delighted to have moved into the HERU Production Unit, which will be home to and where the first early adopter HERU units will be manufactured, assembled and tested before moving to larger premises in approximately 2 years.
USA & Canadian Patent
Patents were recently granted in the USA and Canada. This brings the HERU granted patent total to 43 patents, in over 22 countries, including the UK, USA, Germany, Canada, Australia and China.
