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Summary
For most professionals in the mechanical and HVAC industry, the term “geothermal” brings to mind residential heat pumps or commercial variable refrigerant flow systems: reliable, efficient and increasingly common. What if the same fundamental principles could be applied to one of the largest, most challenging and overlooked sectors in our economy? What if the solution to a billion-gallon-a-day water problem was sitting right under our feet?
The vision extends beyond simply solving a problem within the refinery’s fence line. By capturing the facility’s massive waste heat, rather than rejecting it, a refinery can transform itself from a thermal polluter into a valuable community energy anchor.
This is the concept behind thermal energy networks. The recovered waste heat from the refinery can be piped to a shared thermal loop, providing low-cost, carbon-free heating for nearby buildings, data centers, industrial parks or even greenhouses. The refinery not only saves money on water and energy, it creates an entirely new revenue stream by selling its waste heat.
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