Challenges and Future Trends of Co-generation Systems
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 June 2023) | Viewed by 341
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cogeneration is a system that produces heat and electricity simultaneously in a single plant powered by one primary energy source, thereby guaranteeing a better energy yield than would be possible to achieve from two separate production sources. In this way, nearly all the thermal energy produced by combustion processes is not dissipated into the environment, as happens with traditional plants; rather, this thermal energy is recovered and reused. The most widely used cogeneration technologies involve the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, GPL, diesel, biogas, bio-methane, vegetable oil or biomass. A cogeneration system (also called a Combined Heat and Power system, or CHP), can deliver significant benefits for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers because it produces heat and electricity at the same time. Using the same fuel to generate both heat and electricity therefore improves energy efficiency, delivers environmental benefits, and ensures savings. Cogeneration power plants generally operate at between 50 to 70% higher efficiency rates than traditional power plants.
Dr. Ehsanolah Assareh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- co-generation
- renewable energy sources
- ORC
- cooling system
- heating system
- power generation
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