High-Temperature Industrial Heat Pumps — Up to 120°C

A high-temperature industrial heat pump is a heat pump engineered to deliver process water or heat at 80°C and above — Tetra Heat Pump systems reach up to 120°C. They replace gas, diesel, and electric boilers for process heating while consuming 40-70% less energy, because they move heat rather than burning fuel to create it.

Our advanced systems deliver continuous output up to 120°C, and cascade configurations push higher still for specialised applications. This covers the vast majority of industrial process heating, sterilisation, and hot water duties that previously required a boiler.

Coefficient of performance (COP) depends on the temperature lift between your heat source and the 120°C output. With a warm waste-heat source, a high-temperature heat pump typically achieves a COP of 2.5-3.5 — meaning 2.5-3.5 units of heat for every unit of electricity, still far more efficient than the ~0.9 effective efficiency of a fuel-fired boiler.

120°C output unlocks chemical reactor and distillation heating, pharmaceutical sterilisation and CIP, automotive paint curing, and high-temperature food and beverage process heating — duties that lower-temperature heat pumps cannot serve.

For hot-water and low-pressure process duties up to 120°C, yes — a high-temperature heat pump directly replaces or pre-heats for a boiler and cuts energy cost by 40-70%. For high-pressure steam, heat pumps are typically used to pre-heat feedwater, dramatically reducing boiler fuel. Estimate your savings →