Triveni Turbines, an original equipment manufacturer of steam turbines, has announced the development of a CO₂-based high-temperature heat pump, successfully tested at its Heat Pump Test Centre in Bengaluru. Designed for industrial heating applications, the system reached output temperatures of up to 122°C.
The heat pump uses carbon dioxide (CO₂) as a refrigerant, which has an Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) of zero and a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of just 1. This makes it significantly more sustainable than conventional systems that rely on synthetic refrigerants with higher GWP values.
Custom-built with a starting thermal capacity of 100 kW, the system is designed to operate under varying pressure, temperature, and flow conditions.
Triveni Turbines stated that the product was developed in collaboration with academic institutions and is suitable for integration into both heating and cooling systems in industrial settings. The company also highlighted that industrial heating is responsible for approximately 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Triveni Turbines is a manufacturer of industrial steam turbines and energy-efficient solutions for the power and process industries.
