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Process steam and hot-water heating
Cogeneration plant – the most efficient form of power generation
In cogeneration (Combined Heat and Power, CHP) applications, a conventional power plant producing electricity is enhanced with a heat recovery system to utilize the energy otherwise wasted in the exhaust gas. Since the exhaust gas waste heat is a free source of energy; the more you recover - the more you save!
The highest overall efficiency is achieved when the cogeneration plant is linked to a heat sink capable of utilizing all recoverable heat. Such heat processes offer very fast payback for the heat recovery system investment and therefore, full heat recovery boilers are typically always installed to power plants in the vicinity of applications such as district heating network, food processing industry, laundry, refinery, textile factory or other type of industrial process, space heating/cooling, etc.
The utilization of waste heat to process steam and/or hot-water heating typically improves the total plant efficiency by 20-40% depending on the available heat consumer application.
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