Equipment for the Compression of Fluids Using Thermal Energy

Summary of the technology

This equipment could help valorizing low-temperature waste heat from industrial processes for the production of compressed fluids or electricity

Details of the Technology Offer

Industrial waste heat is the energy that is produced during industrial processes but is not put to use, lost, wasted, or discarded into the environment. Reducing or recovering such energy flows can help improving the environmental performance of processes and lowering production costs. Considering the growing trend of energy prices and the general concern on global warming, there is a strong need for waste heat recovery technologies.

Our equipment could help valorizing waste heat flows generated by industrial processes while producing a compressed fluid (gaz or liquid). This compressed fluid obtained could be used on‑site or could enter in different systems, such as heat pumps or Organic Ranking Cycle (ORC) system.

One of the advantage of this equipment is that it does not require heat flows of high temperature and could be applied at the end of the waste heat recovery chains.

Stage of Development

  • Design and validation of the compression system on several simulations tools (TRL 3)
  • Next step: Development of a prototype

Benefits

  • Valorization of low‑temperature waste heat (60‑120°C)
  • Low input of energy required to operate
  • Can compress liquids, gazes or fluids changing phases during compression
  • Can operate in continuous mode

Applications

  • Recovery of waste heat from industrial sites (Iron & Steel, Chemical, Mineral, Food & Drink, Paper & Printing) or from data centers
  • Production of compressed fluids or electricity

IP status: Patent application filed

Opportunity

  • Joint development opportunity
  • Licensing

Related Keywords

  • Process optimisation, waste heat utilisation
  • Compression and liquefaction of gases
  • Energy efficiency
  • Heat recovery
  • Energy Market

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