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cogeneration
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co·gen·er·a·tion  (k-jn-rshn)
n.
A process in which an industrial facility uses its waste energy to produce heat or electricity.

cogeneration  (k-jn-rshn)
A process in which an industrial facility uses its waste energy to produce heat or electricity. Compare trigeneration.


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Transmission and capacity charges are treated as unavoidable since a cogenerator would contract for standby service to cover maintenance and unplanned outages.
The cogenerator, a primitive model of which Thomas Edison employed at his Pearl Street power plant in New York City, captures the usually wasted heat to warm buildings, power chillers, and run an array of industrial processes.
It is important that the thermal load profile closely follow the electric load profile so as to make maximum use of the waste heat energy from the cogenerator.
 
 
 
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