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Also known as co-generation, combined production of heat and power, CHP

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Contents
  • Overview
  • Types of plants
  • MicroCHP
  • Trigeneration
  • Combined heat and power district heating
  • Industrial CHP
  • Utility pressures versus self generated industrial
  • Heat recovery steam generators
  • Cogeneration using biomass
  • Power cogeneration in the sugar and alcohol sector
  • Advantages of the cogeneration using sugarcane bagasse
  • Disadvantages of the cogeneration using sugarcane bagasse
  • Comparison with a heat pump
  • Distributed generation
  • Thermal efficiency
  • Costs
  • History
  • Cogeneration in Europe
  • Cogeneration in the United Kingdom
  • Cogeneration in the United States
  • Applications in power generation systems
  • Fossil
  • Nuclear
  • Renewable
  • See also
  • Further reading
  • References

thumb|400px|Diagram comparing losses from conventional generation vs. cogeneration

Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time.

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