| Industry | Heat application | Air | Hybrid (water) | Hybrid (air) | Immersion |
|
| Exhaust heat temp. (K) | 303 | 308 | 301 | 307 |
| Food | Absorption refrigeration | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Power generation | Biomass fermentation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Power generation | Boiler feedwater heating | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Water processing | Desalination/preheater | No | Yes* | No | Yes* |
| Social | General district heating | Yes* | Yes | Yes* | Yes |
| Social | Domestic hot water | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Agricultural | Drying of crops | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Energy generation | Organic rankine cycle | Yes* | Yes | No | Yes |
| Energy generation | Piezoelectric | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Food | Private bread making | No | Yes | No | Yes** |
| Food-brewing | Private fermentation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes** |
| Energy generation | Thermoelectric | No | No | No | Yes |