Reaction’s revolutionary microtube heat exchanger technology enables the DOE’s mission to decarbonize industrial processes and achieve net-zero goals.
Reaction Engines joins Echogen Power Systems on a fundamental effort for the United States Department of Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization office to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions and achieve a net-zero economy.
Reaction Engines has been selected to provide its revolutionary microtube heat exchanger technology to enable Echogen and its partners to develop a high-efficiency, pilot-scale heat pump. This heat pump can heat air to over 300 degrees C from ambient temperatures using supercritical CO2 (sCO2) as the working fluid. This planned high-temperature heat pump demonstration will help decarbonize industrial heating processes and is enabled by the compact heat exchanger delivered by the Reaction Engines team. The technology could reduce life cycle carbon emissions by more than 90% and energy intensity by more than 50% relative to natural gas-fired heaters1. The combined team has been awarded $3,000,000 over three years for this important development effort.
For more information on this exciting development program and other DOE efforts, please see the United States Department of Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office award announcement here: https://www.energy.gov/eere/iedo/funding-selections-fy23-industrial-efficiency-and-decarbonization-multi-topic-foa
Reaction Engines is committed to applying its advanced thermal management technology in the energy sector by harnessing and repurposing waste heat to boost operational efficiency and convert it to usable energy. Reaction Engines continues to explore applications for the company’s transformative thermal management technology to drive environmental improvements in existing systems and to enable new net zero systems. Achieving net zero in the energy sector requires the rapid deployment of renewables and low-carbon technologies alongside the decarbonization of existing energy-intensive sources. The technology developed by Reaction Engines improves the management and re-use of heat, substantially improving efficiency and helping to enable solutions like the sCO2 industrial decarbonization effort.
Reaction Engines is thrilled to join the DOE and partners like Echogen in this globally impactful, exciting effort.
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