Increase energy efficiency
with thermal storage for
Chemical Industry
The world is dependent on chemicals. From plastics to ammonia and methanol to fertilizer, production and processing has cross-industry value for pharmaceuticals, agriculture, cosmetics, and many other sectors. Due to its needs, the chemical sector is the largest industrial consumer of both oil and gas, as well as the largest industrial energy consumer overall.
This creates challenges for a net-zero roadmap, with some chemical plants requiring dramatic re-designs to integrate renewable resources as they shift from oil-based fuels to hydrogen sourced from renewable energy.
According to your individual plant operation and process setup, our thermal storage applications can directly support your energy transition, acting as a key puzzle piece of your decarbonization and energy efficiency.
Chemical industry remains the largest consumer of energy based on oil and gas
Applications recommended for Chemical Industry
All too often in industry valuable high temperature heat from batch processes in furnaces, kilns etc comes in stops and starts. Processes to transform this waste heat into valuable electricity such as Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) rely on constant input, leading to further wastage.
Storing waste heat and turning it to power with our storage system is the missing link towards a better solution, enabling constant electricity production using ORC from waste heat. This innovative approach means reducing plant and electricity costs and increasing independence from the grid.
Application Benefits
Save money easily- Reduce CO2 emissions
- Increase security of supply
- Limit energy market exposure
All too often in the industry, valuable high temperature heat cannot be re-used within operational processes and needs to be released as waste heat. Just hours later, at the same site or at the neighbour’s factory, a gas boiler is starting to provide steam for other processes (e.g. process heat, steam degassing) – but now it’s too late to repurpose the lost energy.
Storing waste heat and using for steam on demand is the missing link towards a better solution, making steam available on-demand dramatically reducing plant fuel and operating costs.
Application Benefits
- Save money easily
- Reduce CO2 emissions
- Increase security of supply
- Limit energy market exposure
Industrial processes are usually not designed for volatility. In order to attain stability, heating of endothermal- or cooling of exothermal processes must continue round the clock – adding major cost and resource burdens to power plants. But all too often batch processes or interruptions lead to imbalances between supply and demand requiring back-up boilers to start or steam to be dumped.
Our steam to steam storage system fills exactly this gap by storing, time-shifting and balancing high- or medium pressure steam to make it available on demand: achieving true balance needed for greener industrial processes.
Application Benefits
- Decarbonize heat immediately
- Save money easily
- Optimize automation
- Increase security of supply
Application Benefits
- Save money easily
- Reduce CO2 emissions
- Increase security of supply
- Integrate technology easily
Application Benefits
Boost your profits- Increase security of supply
- Pioneer supporting renewables
All over Europe, large-scale photovoltaic (PV) projects and wind farms are being developed, with expansion targets more than doubling countries’ peak demands. At the same time, industrial manufacturers are desperately seeking ways to decarbonize their process steam, yet heat pumps don’t work for temperatures >200°, geothermal energy is rarely available, and the availability of sustainable biomass/biogas is very limited.
Turning power to steam on manufacturing or utility level with thermal energy storage is the missing link by storing electricity and making it available on demand for steam production. This reduces plant operating costs, creates new revenue streams and enables 24/7 renewable energy supply, all as part of an integrated waste to energy solution.
Application Benefits
- Decarbonize heat immediately
- Save money easily
- Optimize automation
- Charge system rapidly
Application Benefits
- Decarbonize heat immediately
- Save money easily
- Reduce maintenance effort
- Limit energy market exposure
Application Benefits
- Save money easily
- Reduce CO2 emissions
- Increase security of supply
- Limit energy market exposure
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