Cogeneration
From Open Source Ecology
Basics
- Generating two or more useful products/results with the same generator
- Most common is two:
- Electrical Power
- Heat/Heating (Hot air, Steam or both)
- This is referred to as CHP or Combined Heat and Power
- The next "step up" is tri generation with:
- Cooling (Typically of Air and/or Water via Adsorbtion Refrigeration )
- Electrical Power
- Heat/Heating (Hot air, Steam or both)
- This is more rare, but is referred to as CCHP or Combined Cooling Heat and Power
- Finally mecanical power, ande pnuematic power are also a possibility
- Finally chemical processes can be done (although this is typically in an industrial setting_
- Some chemical processes that may be useful small scale are:
- Drying (Of wood, food, chemicals, or even as a hot dry air source for some Solar Still or Solar Updraft Tower )
- Pure CO2 Production
- Hydrogen Production
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