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cogeneration
(redirected from Polygeneration)

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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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These range from creating algae oil from heat waste in greenhouses to the $4-billion mega polygeneration project near Belle Plaine.
A new ChemSystems[R] Special Report published by Nexant -- Polygeneration from Coal: Integrated Power, Chemicals and Liquid Fuels -- analyzes the technologies and economics of producing large capacity power and co-produced chemicals or liquid fuels from coal.
TCPL is in the early stages of development of a polygeneration plant, a $4-billion-plus project that will turn petroleum coke, a byproduct of heavy oil upgraders, into a range of commercial products.
 
 
 
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