Cogeneration Systems

Cogeneration systems produce both electricity and heat during the operation of a combustion engine. Engines dedicated to electric power and heat production can be used for continuous energy production at remote settlements, for emergency power for hospitals, in mobile power packs, for peak production of electric power, etc. Electric generator systems use an alternator to produce electric power at an efficiency approaching 40% without heat recovery. Cogeneration plants improve their total efficiency, and therefore their operating costs, with highly efficient heat exchange solutions that utilize more of the available high-grade heat. Cogeneration plants also collect thermal energy from the intercooler, jacket water, lubrication oil and exhaust gas via heat exchangers to produce hot water. This allows the total energy utilization efficiency of cogeneration plants to reach 90%. Some cogeneration plants are connected to an absorption chiller system where the engine's waste heat is used to drive the generator of the absorption system. Such a system will convert the combustion heat of the fuel into electricity and high quality cooling. SWEP's BPHEs are suitable for cogeneration systems with heating capacities up to 1200 kW and electrical capacities up to 1000 kW.

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