By Saroj Thapa on naturalrefrigerants.com
American OEM Echogen Power Systems said it is developing a high-temperature CO2 (R744) heat pump capable of reaching a maximum outlet temperature of 400°C (752°F) with a COP of between 1.4 and 2.
“We have completed laboratory-scale system testing of a 50kW [14.2TR] steam-generating unit and are developing a 500kW [142.1TR]pilot for process gas heating and a 10MW [2,843.5TR] demonstration system for steam generation,” said Echogen CTO Timothy Held. “A three-year development cycle will start in mid-2024 for the pilot and demonstration systems. Our goal is the commercial launch of a fully operational 5MW system by the end of 2027.”
Held shared the development progress of Echogen’s supercritical CO2 (sCO2) heat pumps at the ATMOsphere (ATMO) Europe Summit 2023 held last September in Brussels and organized by ATMOsphere.