Research & Development (R&D)

Innovations Inspired by the Future

The world is moving toward cleaner, more decentralised power generation. We anticipated this shift, focussing our innovation efforts to solve emerging energy challenges and creating new technology platforms through investments in proprietary technologies and collaboration with global research institutions. That early move helped develop next-generation solutions of highly efficient, API-compliant, and renewable energy-centric steam turbines positioning us at the forefront of industrial decarbonisation and energy efficiency opportunities.

An Organisation Driven by Intellectual Property (IP)

Our Approach

  • IP portfolio spans steam turbine technologies and emerging systems like CO2, air, and hydrocarbon
  • Filing driven by deliberate design decisions and proprietary engineering know-how
  • Focus on engineered-to-order solutions rather than commoditised equipment

Business Outcomes

  • Differentiated portfolio with high entry barrier
  • Sustainable, long-term business growth
  • Expansion into new applications

Innovation and IP Highlights in FY 26

12

Innovative turbine variants introduced in FY 26 (including backpressure, condensing, extraction condensing, and CO2 turbines)

28.5%

Revenue generated from New Products and Technological Solutions

3.2%

Towards New technology and innovation expenditure as a % of FY26 turnover

Technology excellence

Extensive research in thermodynamic cycles, advanced sealing technologies, and sCO2 (supercritical CO2) power blocks position us to drive energy transition, sustainability, and efficiency across complex industries.

400+

IPR Filings

How the R&D Model Works

01

In-House Capability Development

  • 170-member R&D, engineering team (15% of the workforce), comprising engineers, post-graduates and PhDs, supported by continuous skill upgradation
  • Modern infrastructure like test beds, sensor suites, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, steam cycle and blade path optimisation
  • Expanding technology capabilities across steam turbines, turbomachinery equipment and energy transition products, supported by a dedicated technology excellence team
02

Global Technology Partnerships and Knowledge Network

  • Collaborations with global institutions, universities and subject matter experts to strengthen in-house R&D through advanced testing, product validation, specialised engineering expertise and product gate reviews
  • Strengthened technology competencies across energy transition solutions (CO2 and heat pump generating temperatures of 150+°C), turbomachinery, heat & power systems, structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, and aero design
  • Establishing advanced testing rigs and load test protocols for calibrating our performance tools and CFD system
03

Sustained Investments in R&D

  • Ongoing investments in innovation, advanced engineering and design capabilities, testing infrastructure, and component-level IP
  • R&D to expand variable-speed turbine offerings for drive applications, higher megawatt (MW) class turbines for oil & gas and petrochemical industries, high-efficiency aero solutions, and sustainable energy technologies
04

Digitalisation and Analytics Initiatives

  • Advancing digitalisation and automation, and digital twin capabilities
  • Deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance productivity, accelerate technology development, validation process and product feedback implementation, and analysis of fleet and test rig data

New Product Development

Our R&D efforts have resulted in impactful innovations, with a focus on sustainable and energy-efficient solutions backed by indigenous IPs.

Platform Stage (FY 26) Target Market Indigenous IP
Sub-critical CO2 Turbine Under execution | NTPC Kudgi Grid-scale energy storage |
Power sector
tCO2 Heat Pump – heat generation up to 125°C Launched in FY 26 after successful trials Industrial process heat |
Decarbonisation
Steam Generating Heat Pump – 150°C, 4.8 bara Successfully developed and validated Industrial process heat |
Decarbonisation – cleaner steam generation
CO2 Chiller/Cooling Skid Developed | Commercialising Industrial cooling | Low GWP compliance
Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) Orders under execution Evaporation processes |
Chemicals / Food
Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) System Developed | Robust enquiry pipeline Low-grade waste heat recovery
Energy Storage System (ESS) Under execution | First turnkey order from NTPC for Kudgi STPP

Leveraging our turbine and thermal cycle expertise to develop thermo-mechanical and electrochemical ESS		 Renewable Energy |
Energy Transition |
Long-duration ESS
New product development equipment at Triveni Turbine Limited
Our Strengths Digital Capabilities