Transforming

Waste to Value
Opcon Energy System AB

Electricity and energy from Waste Heat

Technologies for increased industrial efficiency
and positive value transformation
History: 100 years of Energy Efficiency

2008:
1920:
Ljungströms air preheater

1908: 1930s and forward:

First double rotating steam turbine Screwcompressor and expander solutions

100 years of industrialisation of technology and systems for

Resource- and energy efficient development
 OES new owner
• Opcon Compressor Technology AB [OCT] is from 30th of
November 2015 the new parent company.
• The owner of OCT is the Chinese investment fund,
Shanghai XingXueKang Investment Partnership with close
ties to Fujian Snowman Co., Ltd.
• Snowman is Opcon’s largest recurring customer and
second largest shareholder controlling 17 % of the capital
and voting rights of Opcon AB
• Fujian Snowman Co Ltd established in 2000 and is listed in
Shenzhen stock exchange. The company has about 700
employees in China and is one of the China´s leading
companies in Industrial Refrigeration.
• Opcon AB has changed the name to Trention AB
Fujian Snowman,forts
• Fujian Snowman Co Ltd established in 2000 and is listed in
Shenzhen stock exchange. The company has about 700
employees and is one of the China´s leading companies in
Industrial Refrigeration.
Development of Snowman compressor range
 Screw compressor
profiles

Symmetric

D-profile

I-profile

A-profile

G-profile
Green Power production
Waste heat - Problem and opportunity Energy
Supply

Energy flows in the global electric system (TWh)

Source: IEA, International Energy Agency

Opcon Powerbox ORC
Organic Rankine Cycle
Powerbox OPB ORC– Working principle
Organic Rankine Cycle
 Advantages – Opcon Powerbox ORC
 Easy to install
 Stand-alone
 Completely Automated
 Simply start and stop
 Manage changes in
operation conditions
 Part-load operation down
to 5%
 Remotely monitored
 Long life time
 Low O&M
Typical Applications for Opcon
Powerbox ORC
• Shipping
• Co-Generation of Heat and Power (CHP)
• Geothermal
• Petrochemical
• Pulp and Paper
• Mining
• Metallurgy
• Glass Industry
• Combustions gases
• Coal-fired Power plants
Opcon Powerbox ORC , Product range

-LT (Low Temperature) 55 to 90 °C.

-MT (Medium Temperature) 90 to 110 °C.
-HT (High Temperature) 110 to 160 °C.
-LPS (Low Pressure Steam) up o 5 bara

Generator Power 100 up to 1 600 kW

Heat water flow 50 - 600 m³/h

Cooling water flow 200 – 1 600 m³/h
Opcon Powerbox ORC-HT 800 kW – Pictures from workshop
Opcon Powerbox
- Steam
 Opcon OPB WST
• Improved use of existing steam system

• Higher utilization of combustion gas

cooler energy

Note: Electric Power output from Opcon WST is NOT

based on a boiler or other systems heating capacity, but
to the actual mass-flow of steam and available pressure
Case District Heating
 Case District Heating
Power from
saturated steam
Max production
15 Bar a 740 kW
Water out 80°C

10 MW
boiler District
Water in 50-60°C
saturated heating or
steam, process heat
PN 25
0.58 Bar a
OPCON Powerbox WST- CU (Condensing unit)

Condensing unit is an option

who makes it possible to;
- Operate under athmosphere pressure.
- Recycling the steam to water.
- Producing hot or warm water.
Opcon Powerbox ORC Marine and
Opcon Powerbox WST-CU Marine,
Opcon Vision

Opcon shall be an active part in building a society

with less oil dependency.

Opcon shall, with high technology products and

services, actively contribute to the global
development towards a resource-, energy efficient
and environmentally sustainable society.
Thank you for your attention

Opcon Energy System AB

Peter Lundström
E-mail: peter.lundstrom@opcon.se

Phone: +46 8 744 62 11

URL: www.opconenergysystem.com

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