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The project aims to decarbonize industrial steam generation by recovering waste heat that would otherwise remain unused. At BASF\u2019s Ludwigshafen site, waste heat from 1,900 t\/h of steam cracker process water at 76\u00b0C is upgraded into valuable process steam using an 11-stage open-loop MVR heat pump system. The system delivers up to 60 t\/h of steam at 5.8 bar(a) and approximately 47 MW of thermal output, with a COP of up to 3.4. 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