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[[Image:Masnedø power station.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Masnedø]] CHP power station in [[Denmark]]. This station burns straw as fuel. The adjacent greenhouses are heated by [[district heating]] from the plant.]] |
[[Image:Masnedø power station.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Masnedø]] CHP power station in [[Denmark]]. This station burns straw as fuel. The adjacent greenhouses are heated by [[district heating]] from the plant.]] |
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A '''Combined heat and power plant''', '''CHP-power station''', '''CHP-plant''' or '''cogeneration power station''' is a [[power plant]] that uses a [[heat engine]] or a [[power station]] to simultaneously generate both [[electricity]] and useful [[heat]]. |
A '''Combined heat and power plant''', '''CHP-power station''', '''CHP-plant''' or '''cogeneration power station''' is a [[power plant]] that uses a [[heat engine]] or a [[power station]] to simultaneously generate both [[electricity]] and useful [[heat]]. |
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A Combined heat and power plant, CHP-power station, CHP-plant or cogeneration power station is a power plant that uses a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat.
Cogeneration is a thermodynamically efficient use of fuel. In separate production of electricity some energy must be rejected as waste heat, but in cogeneration this thermal energy is put to good use. CHP is one of the most cost efficient methods of reducing carbon emissions of heating in cold climates. [1]
Conventional power plants emit the heat created as a by-product of electricity generation into the environment through cooling towers, flue gas, or by other means.
CHP or a bottoming cycle captures the by-product heat for domestic or industrial heating purposes, either very close to the plant, or—especially in Scandinavia and eastern Europe—as hot water for district heating with temperatures ranging from approximately 80 to 130 °C. This is also called decentralized energy.[2]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.claverton-energy.com/carbon-footprints-of-various-sources-of-heat-chpdh-comes-out-lowest.html
- ^ What is Decentralised Energy?. DEKB.co.uk - The Decentralised Energy Knowledge Base. The UK's Information Portal for Decentralised Energy. "A non-political, not for profit electronic information portal." [1].