Process Electrification
Accelerating industrial decarbonization through a holistic approach.
Process electrification is at the heart of the energy transition in industry. It consists of replacing traditional fossil fuels (gas, oil, coal) with electricity — potentially from renewable sources — to power thermal, mechanical, or chemical processes.
At FE by France Évaporation, we help industrial players meet the challenges of this transition by developing high-performance, tailor-made solutions that combine energy efficiency, profitability, and CO₂ emission reduction.
Waste heat recovery, industrial heat pumps, mechanical vapor recompression: these are the key levers for sustainably optimizing industrial processes.
Why electrify your processes?
The figures remain alarming: industry accounts for nearly 10% of global CO₂ emissions. The energy sector generates around 40%, to which nearly 25% from industrial combustion and fossil fuel extraction must be added.
This significant contribution comes directly from the combustion of gas, oil, or coal in thermal processes (heat generation, steam production, process heating, etc.). In this context, energy optimization and waste heat recovery are key drivers for maximizing the performance of industrial processes.> Electrification is today the most direct and proven path to decarbonizing these applications.
-98%
possible CO₂ emission reduction with low-carbon electricity
COP ->50
energy efficiency gain with a heat pump vs. a boiler
>5
years to recover and generate return on investment
0
GWP (Global Warming Potential) thanks to water used as refrigerant
2050
ETS and CBAM regulatory horizon impacting industry
> Significant challenges, revealing multiple opportunities.
At the intersection of energy, environmental, and process issues, these challenges are becoming increasingly demanding. These constraints are now turning into genuine drivers of innovation, paving the way for more efficient, sustainable, and competitive solutions.
These solutions deliver measurable gains in performance and efficiency:- Improved energy efficiency
Electrical technologies are often more precise, responsive, and efficient than their thermal counterparts.
> Unlike boilers, whose efficiency is inherently limited, electrical technologies enable significantly higher performance levels.
- Compatibility with renewable energy sources
Electrification facilitates the direct integration of green electricity (solar, wind, hydropower) into your industrial processes.
> It also allows you to directly utilize renewable energy within your industrial processes.
- Regulatory compliance and anticipation of future standards
By acting now, you prepare your industrial site for upcoming environmental requirements.
> You get ahead of CSRD, ETS, and CBAM requirements, as well as the Net Zero targets set for 2050. Acting now reduces the cost of compliance.
A system-level approach
We are not a general consulting firm. We are engineers and builders specialized in industrial thermal processes since 1989.
FE by France Évaporation manages your entire project chain: audit, analysis, laboratory testing, pilot plants, sourcing, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, maintenance & support.
> A single point of contact from study to operation.
Concrete applications
Industrial facilities today reject a significant amount of waste heat (low-pressure steam, humid air, hot condensates, warm effluents). This energy, already produced by your processes, remains underutilized.
The challenge is not to produce more, but to better recover what already exists by bringing it back to the right temperature level.
> 3 levers (alone or combined), 1 single logic: recover, compress, reinject.
MVR (Mechanical Vapor Recompression)
“Lost” low-pressure steam is compressed with a centrifugal compressor to raise it to the required pressure (up to +180°C lift, 7 to 10 bar outlet).
> Ideal for evaporation, crystallization, distillation, drying.
HTHP (High-Temperature Heat Pump)
When the source is too cold or is not available as steam (air, water, effluent at 20–60°C), an ammonia, CO₂, or HFO heat pump first raises the temperature, and the MVR takes over.
Enables recovery from sources that MVR alone could not exploit.
Hybrid MVR + HP system
For large ΔT applications, a combination of technologies provides an efficient techno-economic balance: the heat pump performs an initial thermal boost, complemented by a multi-stage MVR up to the required steam network pressure.
> CAPEX is optimized; overall COP is maintained.
Numerous use cases
Every configuration is unique and follows its own recovery logic.
> Explore the different use cases below, which illustrate the most representative scenarios, and quickly identify the one that matches your industrial reality.
I have a multiple effect evaporator
I want to convert it to MVR (or replace it entirely) to save up to 80% of my fossil steam consumption.
4 to 13
6,000 to 30,000
DISTILLATION
I have a distillation column
NH₃, ethanol, hexane, solvents… MVR at the column overhead virtually eliminates steam consumption on the reboiler side.
4 to 9
on the arrangement
I have a multiple effect crystallizer
Conversion to MVR following the same logic as evaporation. Compatible with IFC®, FC, DT/DTB. Reversible.
6 to 10
2 to 3 years
My dryer discharges polluted steam
Rotary dryer, scraped-surface drum dryer (food/agro), etc. Steam is captured, purified, and recompressed up to 10 bar.
3 to 5
up to 10 bar
My dryer discharges humid air
2.5 to 4
8 bar
I want to decarbonize my entire plant
Multi-source recovery (fermenter, effluents, process vapors, etc.) and reinjection into the plant’s steam network. MVR replaces the boiler.
1.7 to 3
entire site
The difference FE
PIONEER IN MVR
World's first 7-stage MVR unit in 2023: 32 t/h recycled, COP 4.8, 30,000 tCO₂/year avoided.
NON-INTRUSIVE SYSTEM
Plug & play. 100% reversible: integration without dismantling, continuous production guaranteed.
END-TO-END PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Full project ownership from study to monitoring (audit, testing, design, commissioning, and continuous monitoring).
FUNDING SUPPORT
Projects eligible for grants and integrated financing; full support for grant application preparation.