Futraheat wins BEIS funding for novel heat pump

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Futraheat, a London-based clean technology start-up, has won funding from BEIS to trial its high temperature ‘Greensteam’ heat pump.

Futraheat's 'Greensteam' heat pump can reportedly reduce energy consumption by up to 90 per cent
Futraheat's 'Greensteam' heat pump can reportedly reduce energy consumption by up to 90 per cent - Futraheat

The innovative heat pump prototype will be trialled at Sussex’s Hepworth Brewery in 2023, supported by £406,000 Phase 3 funding from the BEIS Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA) competition. Manufacturing integration specialist Projective is also a partner on the project.

Futraheat’s modular Greensteam heat pump uses a new type of patented turbo compressor, known as TurboClaw, which cost-effectively recovers low grade waste heat – a by-product of many industrial processes – and boosts it up to 150°C, where it can be successfully reused onsite.

Hepworth Brewery currently uses a standard oil boiler for its process heat. Replacing it with Futraheat’s heat pump is expected to reduce energy consumption by up to 90 per cent, provide fuel cost savings of up to 40 per cent and reduce carbon emissions by up to 100 per cent when the heat pump is powered by renewable energy.

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