Cogeneration

Our know-how lies in the design and construction of cogeneration systems: combined electric and thermal energy production from a single plant.

Usually, electric and thermal energy are produced in two distinct ways: electricity in a thermoelectric plant and heat through a boiler.

Instead, our cogeneration plants are designed to:

• recover much of the heat normally dispersed in the environment during the production of electricity
• convert heat into thermal energy for industrial or civil use (home heating).

The machine consists of an internal combustion engine, fuelled by natural gas, biogas or vegetable oil, coupled to an electric generator that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

Heat exchangers recover thermal energy from the engine cooling circuit and from the exhaust gases, producing steam, hot water and superheated water.

The cogenerator is therefore a generator that produces electricity while recovering the generated heat.