Cogeneration

• CHP Challenge sponsored by DOE's office of Industrial Technologies.
• College and University Cogeneration Plants in the US and Canada.
• Midwest Cogeneration Association
• Energy Savings Potential for Cogeneration in the United States
• The Barriers to Combined Heat and Power in Europe
• Cogeneration Buyers Guide
• Cogen Europe
• Small Cogeneration Plants in Denmark contributed by Poul Alberg Østergaard.
• Combined Heat and Power Association
• Sustainable Minnesota
• A Biomass Cogen Plant Report
• Australian Cogeneration Information Package
• A report on using cogeneration with thermal energy storage. Although commonly used in Europe, thermal energy storage has not been widely used with cogeneration in the United States.
• General Description: Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of heat and power in a single thermodynamic process. Almost all cogeneration utilizes hot air and steam for the process fluid, although certain types of fuel cells also cogenerate.
• History: Hot-air cogeneration, which is found in modern combustion turbines, can be traced back to medieval smokejacks. Steam cogeneration was first applied to the steamjack, which appeared in the early seventeenth century. By the late eighteenth century, waste steam from manufacturing processes was used to power steam engines, and the hot condenser water was used again for other process purposes. A complete history of cogeneration will be included here.
• Current Applications: Cogeneration today is widely used throughout the world for efficient production of heat and power. A list of college and university cogen sites of cogeneration sites is included and will be expanded shortly. In addition, links to several active cogeneration sites are currently under construction, but for now you can check out:
  • Rutgers University Cogen Plant
  • Gray's Ferry Cogen Plant in Philadelphia
  • University of Florida Cogen Plant
  • MIT's Cogen Plant
  • Cogeneration at Anderson Lithograph
• Technology: Detailed descriptions of cogeneration technology will be included here, as well as links to other web sites, such as DOE's Advanced Power Technology project.
• Associations and schools:
  • COBRA! The Association of Cogeneration, Boiler and Refrigeration Professionals
  • The Training Center / Boiler Licenses Unlimited (Vocational school for Cogen and central heating facilities)

Related fields in the WWW Virtual Library

• District Heating, the distribution of heat to multiple buildings.
• District Cooling, the distribution of cooling to multiple building.