Monday, June 6, 2016

CHP Sees Quiet Growth

Example of Industrial Symbiosis where waste heat in the form of steam is sent via pipeline to an ethanol plant that uses the heat as part of its production process.

While not very headline grabbing, the combined heat and power (CHP) market has been undergoing a quiet but significant transformation in recent years.
CHP, also known as cogeneration, refers to a group of technologies that operate together for the concurrent generation of electricity and useful heat in a process that is generally more energy-efficient than the separate generation of electricity and useful heat. As an integrated system, CHP includes a suite of technologies that includes gas turbines, microturbines, and/or fuel cells, paired with software and component hardware.

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