Is this a verified measured project?

No. Evidence level is public-source. The COP of 2.7 is what the trade press attributes to the supplier's start-up report. This site did not visit or meter the plant.

How should the 890 kW rating be read next to the 12 MWth paper-mill case?

Both are public-source process-steam entries, but the duties differ by about an order of magnitude. This pharmaceutical unit is a tonne-class steam package, not a large boiler replacement.

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Taiji Fuling pharmaceutical plant, China: Dongfang Electric steam heat pump to 165°C

Trade press (3 Feb 2026 start-up): Dongfang Electric reports an 890 kW steam heat pump and booster at the Taiji Fuling pharmaceutical plant in Chongqing, China, lifting about 40°C waste heat to 165°C saturated steam at a stated COP of 2.7. Not independently metered here.

Engineering data

Case type: Public-source case
Data status: public_source
Industry: Pharma
Source temperature: 40°C
Sink temperature: 165°C
Temperature lift: ≈ 125 K
Heating or cooling duty: 890 kW
Architecture: High-temperature steam heat pump plus a booster compressor; electric input reported near 330 kW for 890 kW heating
Result status: China Heat Pump and other trade notes dated 9 Feb 2026 report start-up on 3 Feb 2026 and a measured COP of 2.7 at the 890 kW rating. The COP is source-reported, not an independent audit by this site.
Key risk: Refrigerant, steam pressure, and annual hours are not in the short trade notes. A tonne-scale steam rate should not be read as a multi-megawatt boiler replacement.
Existing system: Pharmaceutical steam previously from natural gas or coal-fired boilers, as described in the trade reports; low-grade waste heat near 40°C
Refrigerant: Not stated in the trade reports used here
COP: 2.7
Annual savings: Not stated as a metered annual total in the reports used here
Estimated payback: Not disclosed in the reports used here

Project background

Dongfang Electric (Dongfang Electric Machinery) published a first installation of its high-temperature steam heat pump at the Taiji Fuling pharmaceutical plant in Fuling, Chongqing, China. This entry records that public note. It is not an author site survey.

Narrative inputs

Source: waste heat reported near 40°C. Sink: 165°C saturated steam. Rated heating capacity 890 kW with electric input near 330 kW, as stated in the trade reports.

Heat pump solution

A steam heat pump and booster recover low-grade waste heat and return saturated steam to the pharmaceutical process, displacing boiler steam for that duty. Architecture details beyond the booster arrangement are not in the short reports.

COP & savings

The reports state a COP of 2.7 at the large temperature lift and the 890 kW rating. No independent meter data, operating-hour total, or steam mass flow is reproduced here.

Investment / ROI notes

Capital cost and payback are not in the reports used here.