Cogeneration, also called combined heat and power, is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time. Rather than discarding the waste heat that a conventional power plant releases to the environment, a cogeneration system captures it for uses such as space heating or industrial process heat, so a single fuel input serves two purposes at once.
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Technology TypeCombined heat and power generation 1 Invented YearRefers to Thomas Edison's Pearl Street Station, widely cited as the first cogeneration plant; some smaller unrecorded combined heat and power arrangements may predate it. Classification
MaturityTRL 9: Actual System Proven in Operational Environment 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Cogeneration
WikipediaCogeneration, History section, Pearl Street Station sentence
Perhaps the first modern use of energy recycling was done by Thomas Edison. His 1882 Pearl Street Station, the world's first commercial power plant, was a combined heat and power plant, producing both electricity and thermal energy while using waste heat to warm neighboring buildings.
Cogeneration, lead section, definition sentence
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.
In Group: Cogeneration and Combined Heat and Power, Lead
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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