Centro medico Morrone

Caserta - Italy
Diagnostic Center
Hydronic System 
Year: 2024

Air conditioning for hospitals

Morrone Diagnostic Center

Exploitation of geothermal energy for summer and winter air conditioning of the "Morrone" Diagnostic Center in Caserta

Centro Morrone, is a health care company recognized as an excellence in health care in the Campania region (Italy) thanks to the cutting-edge technologies with which it is equipped, the attention to the patient that characterizes it, and the high levels of comfort and organization.

The challenge

In 2023, the ownership decided to equip it with a centralized thermo-cooling plant that would take advantage of geothermal technology to replace the air-cooled heat pumps that covered the thermal needs of the different areas of the center.

This intervention aimed to:

  • equip the facility with a centralized system that would allow simpler and more rational management of the building's thermal needs
  • increase plant efficiency and consequently lower operating costs
  • satisfy simultaneous and opposite air conditioning needs 

The solution

The adopted solution is based on ELFOEnergy Ground Medium² MF WSHN-XEE2 MF 80.2 multifunctional water-to-water geothermal heat pumps with cascade operation, automatically driven by the thermal cooling energy needed by the system. The heat pumps have a 4-pipe configuration to simultaneously meet the needs for hot water and chilled water.

The results

The use of the stable temperature water from the underground basins as an exchange source has increased the performance of the heat pumps compared to the pre-existing system, lowering consumption and operating costs. 

In addition, as these units do not have fans, they are extremely quiet. 

The end result was a decrease in consumption of more than 60 % compared to the previous system. 

Technical data 

Installed KW: 800 KW thermal
Maximum cooling capacity: 270 kW
Maximum thermal capacity: 314 kW
Thermal recovery capacity: 280 kW

Protagonists

Client: Centro Morrone S.r.l.
Plant design: LAV.EL. Power S.r.l. in collaboration with Ing. Vincenzo Russo
Plant installation: LAV.EL. Power S.r.l.
Clivet Agency: Eugenio Nini

Clivet units installed

3x ELFOEnergy Ground Medium² MF WSHN-XEE2 MF 80.2