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ENERGY RECOVERY, THE NEW FRONTIER

 

 

 

 

COGENERATION AND TRIGENERATION

 

 

  The term “cogeneration”, means the combined production of electrical and thermal energy using conventional fuels such as natural gas or Diesel.
This technology allows us to efficiently exploit the energy contained in the fuel used, avoiding dispersing heat which has not been used into the atmosphere.
A reduction in energy consumption and pollution emissions into the atmosphere is also achieved.

  The electrical and heating needs of commercial, residential and industrial sites can thus be satisfied (wholly or in part) by recovering heat that is produced in the operating of an internal combustion engine joined to an electric synchronous three-phase generator (power unit).

  Trigeneration may be considered an evolution of the cogeneration process.
Trigeneration can be defined as the conversion of a single fuel source into three energy products: electricity, steam or hot water and chilled water, with lower pollution and greater efficiency than producing the three products separately.
 

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  SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

 

  MAIN COMPONENT PARTS OF THE SYSTEM

 

GAS RAMP
COOLING ENGINE CIRCUIT
2nd STAGE AFTERCOOLER CIRCUIT
WATER ENGINE RECOVERY EXCHANGER
EMERGENCY ENGINE COOLING EXCHANGER
2nd STAGE AFTERCOOLER EXCHANGER
EXHAUST EXCHANGER
ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM
ABSORBER (AS001)
COOLING TOWER (TDR001)
PLANT CIRCULATION PUMPS
COOLING TOWER CIRCULATION PUMPS – GENERATORS (GP3÷4)
COOLING TOWER CIRCULATION PUMPS – ABSORBER (GP 5)
HOT-WATER CIRCUIT 
AIR-CONDITIONING HOT-WATER CIRCUIT
DEHUMIDIFYING HOT-WATER CIRCUIT
EXHAUST TREATMENT CIRCUIT
WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
SUPERVISORY SYSTEM