Enterprise of Lianyungang Builds a "Warm House" for Mount Everest

From: Lianyungang Daily Updated: 2024-08-19 09:55

Yesterday, the journalist learned from Sunrain Group, a subsidiary of Sunrise East, that Sunrain's air-source heat pump "Warm House" has successfully been installed at Mount Everest Base Camp and has been smoothly delivered to the management station for use.

As a globally unique alpine ecosystem, Mount Everest boasts a pristine mountain forest ecosystem, as well as semi-arid desert shrubs and grassland ecosystems, serving as a rich and unique natural species gene bank. The Everest Base Camp, located at an altitude of nearly 5,000 meters, attracts numerous mountaineering enthusiasts and tourists every year to witness the grandeur of the world's highest peak. To better protect the Everest ecosystem and serve visitors and climbers, the local government has established a management station at the base camp. According to Cidan Qusang, the station master of the Everest Base Camp Management Station, the staff members not only undertake the vital task of daily patrols but also monitor and maintain the ecological balance within the Everest core protected area. However, the challenge of green heating has long plagued the staff. With the introduction of Sunrain's "Warm House", this dilemma will be significantly alleviated.

The "Warm House" installed at the Everest Base Camp measures 8.5 meters in length, 3.3 meters in width, and 3.3 meters in height, with a total area of 28 square meters, capable of accommodating 2 to 6 people simultaneously. In line with Everest's environmental protection requirements, the "Warm House" utilizes Sunrain's air-source heat pump as the heat source, achieving efficient energy utilization and environmentally friendly protection, thereby creating a warm haven for the staff of the Everest Base Camp Management Station and visitors. Huang Hequan, the head of the Sunrain Group Brand Department, explained that the lowest nighttime temperature at the Everest Base Camp has already reached -4°C, and during winter, the temperature can plummet to as low as -22°C. The "Warm House" offers daily heating, oxygen inhalation, rest, and charging services to the staff of the Everest Base Camp Management Station and visitors.

So, what are the specific advantages of this heating unit? According to test data collected at Everest Base Camp in April this year, Sunrain's air-source heat pump, supported by the brand-new Sunrain Air-Source Heat Pump Intelligent Cloud Platform (Gaia System 2024), integrates five major energy-saving technologies: refrigerant-regulated baffle valve control, gas-liquid dual-spray triple-valve joint control, S.P.D intelligent defrosting, autonomous DC inverter control, and black gold fin dual-energy coupling. These technologies can withstand harsh conditions such as ultra-strong ultraviolet radiation ranging from 306.3nm to 390nm and significant diurnal temperature variations of up to 20-30°C. Even in blizzards with snow depths of several decimeters and ambient temperatures as low as -36°C, it can provide clean heating indoors. More importantly, with refrigerant regulation technology, the air-source heat pump reduces heat generation power consumption by 20%, while the dynamic adjustment technology of the heat pump system achieves an overall energy saving of 13%.

As a leading enterprise in the air-source heat pump industry in Lianyungang, Sunrise East has long been concerned about the heating issues on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where Mount Everest is located. Since the successful installation of its "Thermal Insulation Wall" technology-based solar products at the Everest Observation Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in late 2009, Sunrain has continuously demonstrated its technological prowess in high-altitude regions. In 2023 and 2024, Sunrain's air-source heat pump was successfully installed at Everest Base Camp, which is located at an elevation of 5,200 meters, making it the highest-altitude air-source heating application project in the world.