Thursday, October 16, 2008

cogeneration - CHP -Combined Heat and Power

making electricity and heat together -- which takes about half of the money, fuel and carbon of making them separately, as we normally do.

Cogeneration at in 1976 was 4% of the energy of the United States. It is now 18%, and Amory now calls it micropower. Amory talked then of coal, conservation and soft technologies (wind and solar) reducing energy demand and squeezing oil and gas usage



CHP
http://greenlight.greentechmedia.com/2008/12/11/doe-calls-chp-a-big-fat-target-for-energy-savings-849/

http://www.greentechmedia.com/green-light/post/doe-announces-256m-in-grants-for-industrial-it-energy-efficiency/

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/chp-electricity-powers-cars-22-times-farther-than-ethanol



check out organic rankine cycle

http://www.labothap.ulg.ac.be/cmsms/Staff/QuoilinS/TFE_SQ010607.pdf
http://www51.honeywell.com/sm/chemicals/refrigerants/eu/en/products-n2/organic.html

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