Thanks to their compactness and modularity, ORC-based heat recovery systems by Zuccato Energia are ideal to be factory-mounted or applied as a retrofit to engines.

In this capacity, ORC modules can in fact excellently replace one or more gensets in the task of producing electric power by using waste thermal energy recovered from the engines instead of fuel.

Essentially, two types of energy recovery are possible:

• Medium temperature (160 °C) heat recovery from exhaust gases and coiling jackets of auxiliary engines or primary engines too small to justify a steam-based recovery system;
• Low-temperature (>= 85 °C) heat recovry from the cooling jackets of large enginies or  multi-engine units already equipped with a steam-based energy recovery system;

ORC modules manufactured by Zuccato Energia are comparable in size with gensets of equal electric output, but differently from the latter, they do not pollute nor use a single drop of fuel more.