Electrical Business
Summary
Combined heat & power is starting to gain some new attention in the power generation industry. Also known as co-generation (cogen, for short), CHP is actually not new; in fact, it is one of the oldest, energy-efficient power solutions, operating during a time when plants generated their own electricity using coal-fired boilers and steam-turbine generators.
A century later, CHP technology is seeing a resurgence due to its improved efficiency. Gas engine CHP systems are now almost 90% energy-efficient. Cogen systems are generally installed onsite for large facilities and buildings that need both electricity and thermal energy, such as institutions, hospitals, schools, and greenhouses.
Since most conventional electricity generation is limited to an average of 50% efficiency (coal-fired/gas-combined cycle), waste energy in the form of heat is discharged to the atmosphere. CHP offers significant improvements in efficiency because it produces two forms of energy from a single source: heat and electricity.
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