• World’s largest steam heat pump begins operations, targets 19,000-ton annual CO2 cut System uses CO₂-free power and waste heat to replace fossil steam, cutting about 19,000 tons of Scope 1 CO₂ emissions annually. • An Italian manufacturer has started up what it describes as the world’s largest steam-producing heat pump. • Turboden’s project integrates a large heat pump with mechanical vapor recompression (MVR). • The system generates 12 MWth of superheated steam at 3.4 bar(a), reaching temperatures of 150-180°C. • It recovers low-grade waste heat from an industrial process and upgrades it using CO₂-free electricity. • According to the company, the installation is operating 10 percent above its guaranteed coefficient of performance.
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- Turboden, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries subsidiary, has begun operation of what it calls the world’s largest steam‑producing heat pump at the Delfort specialty‑paper plant in Italy. The system combines a large heat pump with mechanical vapor recompression to deliver 12 MWth of superheated steam at 150-180 °C and 3.4 bar(a). It captures low‑grade waste heat from the mill and upgrades it with CO₂‑free electricity, achieving a coefficient of performance 10 % above the guaranteed value. The installation is expected to eliminate roughly 19,000 t of Scope 1 CO₂ emissions each year, demonstrating the viability of large‑scale heat‑pump decarbonisation for industry.
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