Sentinel will join a panel of authoritative figures from the UK heat pump industry, including Tony Bowen, President of the Heat Pump Association, along with other finalists at the black tie dinner and awards ceremony at the ICC in Birmingham on Thursday 23rd June 2011.

The National Heat Pump Awards acknowledges 10 categories within the heat pump industry covering projects, products, installers, consultants and training providers. The panel of judges will be keen to look for proven success and demonstrable excellence from each entry to set high standards for what will become the industry’s top awards.

Sentinel’s Heat Pump System Range, which provides optimum solutions for protection and maintenance of ground source and air source systems, has been nominated within the category of “Product Innovation of the Year”. The new range of products produced specifically for Ground Source Heat Pump systems includes Sentinel R500 Thermal Fluid, together with Sentinel R800 Cleaning and Flushing Fluid and Sentinel R700 Sanitiser and Biocide for correct cleaning and preparation of the ground loop during commissioning or fluid replacement. For Air Source Heat Pump systems Sentinel provides R600 Thermal Fluid. The new Sentinel FrostCheck Test Kit provides complete system care protection by checking the correct use of both R500 (GSHP) and R600 (ASHP) thermal fluids. Correct application of Sentinel R700 Sanitiser and Biocide can be checked using the new Sentinel R700 Test Kit.

Dr Paul Day and Dr Alan Marshall, Sentinel’s experienced research and development team, comments “For Sentinel to be shortlisted in the Heat Pump Awards is a fantastic achievement and a testament to the proven benefits that this Heat Pump System Solutions range can provide. The new thermal fluids have been developed to offer excellent thermal stability, increased service life and increased cost effectiveness. We’re confident that, used properly, they alleviate the problems of premature fluid degradation and microbiological bacterial and fungal growth within ground source and air source heat pump installations.”

Sentinel continues to successfully provide easy to use, high quality water treatment products designed to make a tangible contribution to quality heating installations and energy efficiency across the UK. In addition to its cleaning and protection roles, Sentinel products address the noise reduction of domestic heating systems and helps improve system reliability, increase fuel saving and vitally in tight times, extend system life.

For further information on Sentinel’s Heat Pump System Range please click here.

For more information about National Heat Pump Awards please visit www.national-heat-pump-awards.co.uk.