How It Works
Our system uses a proven natural gas-fueled engine to generate electricity. Electricity is fed into the building, thereby reducing the facility’s electrical consumption and utility bill significantly.
At the same time, free “waste” heat is recovered from the cogeneration system’s engine oil, jacket and exhaust heat. Captured heat is then used to offset fuel that would otherwise have to be burned in the site’s water heaters and boilers. This allows the site’s boilers to not have to work as hard. So the site’s gas bill (e.g., for space heating, domestic hot water (DHW), process hot water, pool heating, etc.) is reduced also.
"Waste" heat captured from the cogeneration system can also be fed into a device called an absorption chiller, which is able to convert the "waste" heat into cooling. This relieves the site’s other chillers (typically, electricity-powered) from having to do so much of the site’s air conditioning.