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.
工程数据
- 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
项目背景
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.
叙述性输入
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.
热泵方案
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 与节能
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.
投资回报要点
Capital cost and payback are not in the reports used here.