Scope Technology & Manufacturing

Transforming Wasted Heat Into 24/7 Clean Energy

Scope designs, engineers, manufactures, and deploys industrial heat-to-power and high-performance thermal systems. Our focus is fast deployment, operational reliability, and measurable ROI.

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Impact of Temperature Differentials on ORC Efficiency

How thermal gradients across the working fluid loop drive Organic Rankine Cycle output — and where to look for improvement first.

Efficiency of an O.R.C. Cycle versus Ambient Temperatures

Ambient conditions can swing rated output by double-digit percentages. A walk through what to engineer for and what to forgive.

Geothermal Heat Recovery in Practice

Surface equipment, baseload conversion, and the thermal management lessons translating from oil and gas to geothermal.

Heat Has to Go Somewhere.
We Make It Go to Work.

Scope’s thermal loop delivers a PUE of approximately 1.09 before any AI or DCIM optimization is applied. That means the ceiling for most of the industry is our starting line.

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Solutions

Three focus areas.
One thermal stack.

The same heat-to-power and thermal engineering that serves heavy industry also powers our geothermal and data center work. Three markets, one underlying technology stack.

Industrial

process heat, pyrolysis, manufacturing

Custom heat exchangers, pyrolysis platforms, heat-to-power conversion, and the engineering and manufacturing support behind every system. For the operators who run the physical economy.

Heat Exchange Systems

Shell-and-tube, plate, and air-cooled units sized to your process.

Heat-to-Power Conversion

ORC and steam turbine integrations capturing waste heat from any industrial process.

Industrial Engineering Services

Feasibility, FEED, detailed design, and commissioning support.

Manufacturing Support

Domestic and imported fabrication. Shorter lead times, traceable materials.

Geothermal

surface equipment, baseload power

Surface equipment and energy conversion systems for geothermal operators. Built on decades of high-pressure, high-temperature, and fluid-handling expertise — the same competencies that served oil and gas now power the energy transition.

Surface Equipment

Wellhead-adjacent equipment engineered for geothermal duty — corrosion, thermal cycling, serviceability.

Fluid Delivery & High-Pressure Systems

Piping, valves, manifolds, and containment for the pressures and temperatures geothermal demands.

Geothermal Heat-to-Power

ORC and binary-cycle integrations that turn geothermal heat into baseload power.

Engineering & Manufacturing Support

Project engineering, controls integration, and fabrication for geothermal surface assets.

Digital Infrastructure

AI-ready data centers with cogen built in

AI-ready data centers engineered as thermal assets, not just compute assets. Every watt of rejected heat is a candidate for reuse, revenue, or community benefit.

Thermal Loop & Cogeneration

PUE ~1.09 — best-in-class — before any AI or DCIM optimization is added.

Hard Technologies

Fabricated systems, controls hardware, mechanical assemblies that run for years.

The Through-Line

Heat-to-power is the connector. The same ORC and steam-cycle technology that recovers waste heat from a refinery also converts geothermal output to baseload electricity — and turns a data center’s rejected heat into a revenue line. One platform. Three markets.

Technology

A thermal loop that starts where others finish.

Power Usage Effectiveness is the ratio of total facility energy to the energy used by IT equipment. A perfect PUE of 1.0 means every watt that enters the building goes to compute.

Fig. 01 — PUE BenchmarkLower = More Efficient

Industry average1.56

typical operator baseline

Industry Best1.09

with DeepMind AI optimization

Scope thermal loop Ours1.09

pre-AI · pre-DCIM · before any optimization

The Calculator

What is your waste heat actually worth?

Drag the sliders. We’ll show what you’re paying for cooling overhead today, what you’d save with a 1.09 PUE thermal loop, and what you could earn turning recovered heat into power.

IT Load5 MWCompute power drawCurrent PUE1.58Industry avg ~1.58Electricity Rate$0.10/kWhYour blended power cost

You waste this much today

$2.5M

/ year on non-compute energy

Save with Scope’s 1.09 PUE

$2.1M

/ year cost reduction

Recovered power as revenue

$438K

/ year via ORC heat-to-power

Net annual benefit

$2,584,200

cost reduction + new revenue, vs. your current cooling overhead

Directional estimate based on 8,760 hr/yr runtime and ~10% ORC conversion of recovered heat. Real numbers depend on climate, heat grade, and offtake terms — we’ll model your specific site.

Whitepaper

Regulating the Data Center Boom

Property-Rights, Stewardship, and Local-Control Case for National Rules

Why Rural America Cannot Be the Nation’s Unregulated Utility Yard

Chris Koch · CEO, Scope Technology LLC · Houston, Texas

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A Community Education Series

Data Centers in Unincorporated County Lands

Ten plain-language briefs for residents.

What this series covers: what data centers are, how they affect local communities, and what protections counties can pursue — using current Texas situations as real-world examples.

Who it is for: residents, not engineers.

How it is written: when concerns are real, we say so; when there are misunderstandings, we explain them — with facts, not slogans.

Prepared by Scope Technology & Manufacturing as advisory summation for Texas residents and to county Commissioners’ Court.

May 2026

Who is Scope

Technology &
Manufacturing

Scope Technology & Manufacturing is a design, engineering, manufacturing and distribution company.

Our core focus lies on Waste Heat Recovery for Co-Gen, Data Center Support, Heat Exchange, Carbon Capture, and High-Pressure High Temperature Fluid Delivery Systems.

Areas of Focus

Waste Heat Recovery and ORC-based co-generation support
Fluid delivery systems and fluid containment
Heat exchange and high-pressure/high-temperature equipment
Rapid design, modeling, manufacturing, and test

Our Mission

To introduce new products through a fast-track pathway from concept, engineering, and manufacturing to commercialization, while reducing the internal complexity typically associated with new work and redesign cycles.

What Scope Delivers

Scope Technology and Manufacturing is a Digital Infrastructure and Cogeneration solutions provider. Our work spans three connected capability areas:

Industrial Heat Exchange & Manufacturing Support— custom exchangers, thermal engineering services, and domestic or import fabrication for heavy industry.
Pyrolysis Focused Heat-to-Power— turning waste streams and recovered heat into power, with full engineering and manufacturing support behind every system.
Digital Infrastructure & Hard Technologies— AI-ready Thermal Loop and Cooling Systems built around a ~1.09-PUE, with cogeneration.

Engineered heat. Recovered power. Resilient digital infrastructure.

How does Scope create value

Utilizing industry leading software - Aspen EDR (AspenTech), HTRI, PV Elite, Ansys, Promax, SolidWorks, and other AI-enabled tools.
Global presence with manufacturing centers in Texas, China, Vietnam, Thailand, and South America with engineering teams in Texas, China, and Egypt.
From our engineering staff to our established manufacturing and supply chain network, our mission is to fast track technically advanced, cost-effective solutions to the end user.

We drive this with our portfolio

Global engineering and manufacturing map

Our Portfolio:

Waste Heat Recovery
Economizer

The SCOPEX Economizer is a shell and tube heat exchanger that is specially designed for waste heat recovery from exhaust gases, to aid in energy generation in combination with an ORC.
When used in combination with Nat Gas Turbines, waste heat is harnessed and utilized, directly contributing to lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
The Economizer assembly consists of:

A carbon steel shell that encloses the exhaust gases.
A finned tube bundle with serpentine-configured tubes that perform the heat exchange.

SCOPEX Economizers

SCOPEX economizer engine series 3616 — Engine Series 3616

SCOPEX economizer engine series 3608 — Engine Series 3608

SCOPEX economizer engine series CAT 16CM32C Frontera — Engine Series CAT 16CM32C Frontera

SCOPEX economizer engine series 38TD — Engine Series 38TD

Our Portfolio:

Plate-Type Evaporators

The Gasketed Plate Heat exchangers (EJW3608 and EJW3616) known for their reliable sealing provide effective heat exchange between two fluids or gases.
High quality Elastomeric gaskets prevent any potential heat loss or leakage.
The flexibility of these exchangers makes them ideal for applications requiring precise temperature control and efficient heat transfer.

The SCOPEX Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger has a compact design and provides exceptionally high heat transfer rates.
Can be used in many heating and cooling applications, acting as condensers, evaporators, oil or gas coolers, etc.
Constructed with Stainless Steel plates and copper brazing, it is highly corrosion resistant.

Our Portfolio:

Pressure Vessels,

Scope MFG offers design and fabrication of Pressure Vessels used in Power Generation, Petrochemical, Fertilizers and Refinery projects from carbon steel, stainless steel and alloy steel materials.

Scope ORC Technology

Our heat capture-to-power technology turns industrial waste heat and geothermal energy directly into clean electricity. It builds on a proven process called the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), but optimized to make it more efficient and cost-effective.

Here’s how it works: heat from industrial processes or the earth heats a special fluid that boils at low temperatures. The resulting vapor spins a turbine to generate electricity, then cools and recycles in a closed loop—no emissions, no waste.

By unlocking energy from heat that would otherwise be lost, our system creates new, reliable sources of renewable power.

Our Offerings

From concept to commercialization, Scope supports engineering teams and operators with practical delivery capability.

Accelerated Product Design, Modeling, and CAD

Expedited First Articles

Field Testing

Quality Control

Manufacturing (Domestic and Global Partnerships)

Waste Heat Recovery Systems

Financing

Q&A From Insights

Q: What types of facilities benefit most?
A: Continuous-duty industrial sites operating >6,000 hours per year.

Q: Does the system affect process control?
A: No, it uses a closed-loop architecture that avoids interference.

Q: What is typical payback?
A: Most deployments achieve 2-5 year simple payback depending on heat quality and power prices.

Q: Is a site visit required for screening?
A: No, initial screening uses existing operating data and assumption modeling.

Q: What outputs are created?
A: On-site electricity, reduced boiler/heater load, or pre-heated fluids (efficiency vs. generation).

Meet Our Team

Our leadership team brings over a century of combined experience in energy technology development, engineering execution, and scaling operations.

Chris Koch

CEO

Chris, co-founder and CEO of Scope Technology and Manufacturing, brings over 30 years of experience in E&P and OFS companies. Previously co-founding Scout Surface Solutions, he identified a gap in the timely delivery of innovative solutions for the O&G and broader commercial industries. His expertise spans concept development, design, engineering, manufacturing, and end-user application.

Larry Kniejski

EVP Business Development

Larry, a North American Sales and Operations Executive, has over 20 years of Oil and Gas experience enhancing E&P efficiency through field services and technical products. His expertise spans Down Hole Mechanical Services, Hydraulic Fracturing, OEM 6A Manufacturing, Aftermarket Service, and Equipment Importation.

Michael Cornelssen

EVP Engineering

Michael is an Operations Executive with more than 30 years of extensive experience in managing Operations, Quality and Engineering in both the USA and Canada. Holding multiple US valve and wellhead related patents and being versed in API 6A, 6D, & 16C, Michael serves as the lead engineering resource for Scope.

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Impact of Temperature Differentials on ORC Efficiency

Efficiency of an O.R.C. Cycle versus Ambient Temperatures