Scaling Industrial Heat Decarbonisation with Valerie Dejaeghere from Qpinch

In this episode, Pantokrator’s Andre Shortell and Victor Ghitescu speak with Valerie Dejaeghere, CEO of Qpinch, about how the company’s patented chemical heat transformer is helping industrial sectors decarbonise heat at scale.

They explore how Qpinch’s technology uses a closed-loop phosphoric acid process to convert low-grade waste heat into valuable process heat with minimal electricity, enabling payback periods as short as three years. Valerie explains why this solution is especially suited to refining, petrochemicals, and carbon capture, and how partnering with Honeywell is accelerating scale and standardisation.

We also discuss:

• The role of industrial heat in global emissions, and why it’s often overlooked

• How Qpinch’s system achieves temperatures up to 210°C with very low OPEX

• The move toward service models to remove CapEx barriers for customers

• The challenges of scaling first-of-a-kind technology in conservative industries

• The importance of energy security and reducing reliance on gas in Europe

With its first 5 MW projects in development, Qpinch is positioning itself as a key enabler of industrial decarbonisation.