Turboden, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has energized what it calls the world’s largest steam-producing heat pump, delivering 12 MWth of superheated steam using low-grade waste heat and CO₂-free electricity with a coefficient of performance 10% above its guaranteed value of 2.
Turboden, an Italian manufacturer of organic rankine cycle (ORC) systems, has announced the start-up of what it defined as the world’s largest steam-producing heat pump.
The company, part of Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, said the project consists of a large heat pump (LHP) coupled with mechanical vapor recompression (MVR).
“It is capable of generating 12 MWth of superheated steam at 3.4 bar(a), raising the temperature to 150–180 C. The system recovers low-grade waste heat from the industrial process and upgrades it using CO₂-free electricity,” the company said in a statement.
“It is outperforming expectations, with a coefficient of performance (COP) 10% above the guaranteed value.”
