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Capture waste heat and release at a higher temperature through a physico-chemical reaction
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Identification
A cyclic closed-loop system requiring no additional water or chemical input, QCHT mimics how nature captures and releases energy
Using the reversible polymerisation of phosphates in an industrial technology to capture waste heat and turn this into new valuable process heat, the Qpinch Heat Transformer recovers residual heat from 40 °C and up, transforming it to new process heat with temperature increases of up to 100 °C. Applicable on a megawatt scale throughout all industries that use industrial heat - including food and feed, oil & chemicals, paper and pulp, cement and manufacturing – it requires only marginal electrical energy consumption and can pay for itself in less than five years.
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Label Date
June 14, 2018
By
Qpinch
From
Belgium
Maturity stage
Initial market commercialization
Looking For
New clients - early adopters willing to roll out the Qpinch technology on a large scale. Focus on (petro)chemical, pulp&paper and food&feed industries.
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Design, Power & Produce
Package & Distribute
Use & Efficiency
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The environmental benefits
- •Built with chemical industry standard components and easily integrated in existing and future assets.
- •Best in class technology to produce steam on an industrial scale, confirmed by the Sustainability Portfolio Management Tool executed by Solvay and also endorsed by VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Development)
- •2200 tonnes CO2 savings per MW thermal energy output, compared to natural gas steam production.
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The Financial benefits
- •Lowest possible OPEX per MW output: eg. 20 kW electrical input to produce 1 MW thermal energy.
- •For every MW of thermal energy produced with the Qpinch technology, around 250,000 €/year net (fossil fuel consumption, CO2 tax) can be saved. Payback times are less than 5 years.
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Europe
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Poland,
Asia
United Arab Emirates, China (Mainland), India, South Korea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan,
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Company Profile
Qpinch
We have a large-scale energy efficiency solution to help global industries reach zero emissions cheaper and faster.
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Headquarters
2030 Antwerp, Belgium
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