Patented high-efficiency energy technologies, enabled by two-phase flow turbomachinery

Two-phase flow turbomachinery

The innovation

Two-phase flow turbomachinery developed to date has shown modest efficiency at design point and significant performance degradation in off-design operating conditions. This has led to sporadic deployment due to limited economic viability, confined to narrow power bands. Tifeo's two-phase flow turbomachinery overcomes these limitations thanks to the modular design of its proprietary hydraulic cells — high efficiency across a broad operating range, and scalability from tens of kW to tens of MW — thereby making deployment economically viable and enabling widespread adoption for the first time.

The first applications

Tifeo will deploy its proprietary two-phase flow turbomachinery initially in a broad range of conventional plants across the energy, hydrocarbon, cryogenic and chemical sectors, in order to generate revenues at an early stage. Sales of complete turbomachinery will begin in Year 4 of the four-year development programme.

Central estimates. Data-centre chillers follow in the expansion stage; geothermal, ORC and cryogenic plants in the follow-on stage.

From Year 3 of the development programme, Tifeo will also license its proprietary hydraulic cells to established turbomachinery OEMs serving the subsea and extreme (high-pressure/high-temperature) oil & gas markets. These licensing revenues, together with those from after-sales services, represent additional upside and are not included in the financial projections. The scale-up of Tifeo's patented high-efficiency energy technologies towards commercialisation will be progressively self-funded through the revenues generated by the turbomachinery business.

Investment opportunity

Tifeo is seeking new investors to validate its proprietary two-phase flow turbomachinery at pilot scale and to open its licensing and sales revenue streams.