ATS captures the high-temperature exhaust produced by thermal oxidizers used to burn off VOCs and converts it into clean electricity. Common in automotive, chemical, paint, and pharmaceutical manufacturing we turn compliance into cost savings.
Market Applications
Our Solid-State Generator is a solution for waste heat to power with applications across industrial sectors
Driving Efficiency, Cutting Costs, and Reducing Carbon Footprints
We’re focused on high-impact applications that help customers lower energy costs, shrink their carbon footprint, and increase efficiency.
Thermal Oxidizers & VOC Abatement
Refinery hot-liquid loops (ULSD)
As Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) exits the reactors our technology captures this heat and aids in the cooling process generating electricity and energy savings in cooling infrastructure.
Turbine & Generator Exhaust
The constant high-temperature exhaust from diesel, gas-powered engines, or turbines are ideal for our solid-state generator. We turn wasted heat into power in industries like oil & gas, mining, and data centers cogeneration facilities.
Petrochem furnace flue gas (ethylene/propylene crackers)
A hot-oil coil in the upper convection / breeching / stack section delivers heat to an ATS Energy Solid State Generator at the Megawatt scale.
Kiln Exhaust
Whether used in cement, lime, or soda ash production, kilns release massive waste heat. ATS Energy captures this energy at multiple stages to deliver reliable power for cement and lime producers.
Pyrolysis & Gasification
Thermal conversion of waste materials generates consistent, usable heat. Our platform captures this energy to power the facility, common in waste-to-energy, biomass processing, and circular economy infrastructure.
Industrial Drying & Dehydration
Drying systems vent large volumes of hot air. Our solid-state generators harness this steady stream of mid-temp heat, turning it into power in industries like paper, dairy, food processing, and pharmaceuticals.
Geothermal
ATS offers a lower-maintenance, turbine-free option to convert geothermal heat directly into electricity or an additive solution in a pre-flash deployment.
Oil Sands Upgraders
Oil sands upgrading involves coking, hydrocracking, and hydrotreating to turn bitumen into synthetic crude oil (SCO). Each stage produces high-temperature, continuous waste heat streams ideal for ATS Energy to recover MW-scale clean power without disturbing process balances.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which industrial processes fit the Solid-State Generator?
Screening looks at the whole thermal picture, not one number. The inputs that decide it are source temperature, mass flow, allowable outlet temperature, cold-side conditions, heat exchanger approach, annual operating hours, available space, and the value of the electricity you would displace. Streams that run continuously usually screen better than intermittent ones. Screening starts from your own process data.
How do we know whether our waste heat stream is worth recovering?
Screening looks at the whole thermal picture, not one number. The inputs that decide it are source temperature, mass flow, allowable outlet temperature, cold-side conditions, heat exchanger approach, annual operating hours, available space, and the value of the electricity you would displace. Streams that run continuously usually screen better than intermittent ones. Screening starts from your own process data.
Will an SSG installation disrupt our process or add backpressure?
We already reuse our waste heat for process preheat. Is ATS Energy still relevant?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Direct heat use is often the better answer when the heat can displace fuel inside your own process. Two situations still merit a look. First, many sites reject heat downstream of the existing recovery step, and that remaining stream can still make power. Second, sites with limited grid capacity or high delivered power costs may value electricity more than additional process heat. Screening shows which situation applies to you.
What are the ways to buy or host a system?
How large is a typical installation?
Does this work for data centers?
Yes. At the heat sources data centers have today, generator and turbine exhaust outside the four walls is the primary application. These sources provide continuous, high-grade waste heat whenever the equipment is operating, making them well suited for conversion to electricity with the SSG.
Cold-side design is the primary site-specific variable. Many data centers are already water constrained, so ATS designs the cooling approach around site conditions rather than assuming a fixed cooling-water requirement.
Over time, ATS Energy intends to move closer to the compute infrastructure itself, including lower-temperature heat sources such as liquid cooling loops. That capability remains on the technology roadmap and is not commercially available today.
Do these projects qualify for tax credits or incentives?
Waste heat to power projects may qualify for federal, state, local or utility incentives depending on the project structure, technology configuration, location and applicable law at the time the system is placed in service.
Potential incentives should be evaluated during project development because ownership structure, domestic-content requirements and other project characteristics can affect eligibility and value. ATS Energy can provide the technical information needed for that evaluation, but customers should confirm tax-credit treatment with their own tax and legal advisors.
The SSG scales from hundreds of kilowatts to multi-megawatt installations, with the available waste heat determining the ultimate system size. Its modular architecture allows ATS Energy to add cartridges and generation units as the recoverable thermal capacity increases rather than designing around a single fixed equipment rating.
That means ATS can support a single equipment tie-in, a 250 kW initial deployment, or scale across a large industrial heat source into multiple megawatts. The same modular approach also allows a site to start smaller and expand as additional heat sources are integrated.
Final sizing is based on measured temperature, flow rate, allowable heat extraction, cold-side conditions and operating hours. ATS reports both gross generation and expected net power delivered after balance-of-plant loads so customers can evaluate the electricity and economics the facility will actually receive.
What do you need from us to start an assessment?
Process data. Useful starting inputs are the heat source and equipment type, stream temperature and mass flow, allowable outlet temperature, available cooling water or ambient cooling conditions, annual operating hours, your delivered power cost, and any space or tie-in constraints. Approximate figures are enough to begin. Send what you have through the Partner With Us page and the engineering team will tell you whether that heat can become power.
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How many operating hours does a site need for this to make sense?
More operating hours generally improve project economics because the SSG generates whenever the qualifying heat source is available. Continuously operating industrial processes are therefore particularly strong candidates.
There is no universal minimum number of annual operating hours. A project operating 6,000 hours per year with a large heat source and high electricity costs may be more attractive than one operating 8,000 hours with less recoverable heat or lower power value. ATS evaluates annual heat availability together with expected net output, electricity value and project cost to determine whether the economics work.
Four structures are available. Energy as a Service places ownership and operation with ATS Energy under a long-term power purchase agreement, so the facility buys electricity with lower or no capital outlay. Direct purchase gives you ownership of the system. Lease to own spreads the capital cost over time. OEM and EPC integration embeds the SSG into a turbine, engine, or wider capital project scope. The right structure depends on your capital priorities, tax position, risk tolerance, power value, and project size. None of them is treated as the default.
Protecting the process is part of the design work. Heat is taken through an engineered heat exchanger, so the generator does not sit in the gas stream. Pressure drop across that exchanger is a design constraint, sized alongside allowable outlet temperature and any dew point limits in the stream. The objective is to recover energy without changing the process balance your operators depend on. Tie-in points and outage windows are design decisions, so raise your constraints early.
Have a Unique Thermal Challenge?
Our technology is a flexible platform, not a one-size-fits-all product. Our engineering team specializes in analyzing unique industrial processes to design custom heat-to-power solutions. Let’s solve your energy and emissions challenges together.