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Qpinch
Waste HeatQpinch
Sector
Waste heat
Headquarters
Belgium
Portfolio entry
2021
Industrial energy from waste heat
The Qpinch Heat Transformer uses a patented approach to overcome the hurdles faced by conventional technologies to upgrade waste heat into ‘usable’ heat (having the right temperature to drive industrial processes). The large scale and broad applicability of this technology positions Qpinch for providing strategic solutions to reducing emissions more cheaply and faster in the petrochemicals, food and beverages, paper and pulp, and other industries.
The Qpinch technology provides a heat lift for waste heat that could otherwise not be utilised. Compared with conventional heat pumps, the closed-loop process minimises operational costs as well as electricity use. The technology is easily scalable and therefore able to process enormous levels of industrial waste heat, enabling a quantum leap in energy efficiency and in CO2 reduction.