en.Wedoany.com Reported - BASF's Ludwigshafen site in Germany recently successfully received a 95-ton plate falling film evaporator, marking a key milestone for its industrial heat pump system project. This large evaporator was transported hundreds of kilometers via waterways and land, from Schwedt on the Oder River to BASF's main chemical park. It was then delivered by a heavy-duty truck to the construction site of the steam cracker plant, where it will be installed as the core component of the new industrial heat pump system.

Powered by renewable electricity, this industrial heat pump system is designed to produce up to 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide-free steam annually, with a heat output of approximately 50 megawatts. As the system's core, the evaporator generates oxygen-free steam, which is distributed through BASF's site-wide Verbund network to multiple production units, supporting formic acid production. By recovering waste heat from the steam cracker's cooling operations, the system is expected to reduce process emissions by up to 98%, equivalent to around 100,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year.

The approximately 16-meter-long evaporator was designed by GIG Karasek, the company also responsible for constructing the heat pump. Currently, most of the site's major infrastructure, including buildings and pipelines, is in place. Commissioning of the project is scheduled for mid-2027 and is supported by up to €310 million in funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy under the Carbon Contracts for Difference scheme.

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