HOW TRIGENERATION WORKS
Trigeneration, or combined heat, power and cooling (CHPC), is a cost-cutting and emissions-reducing method for generating power at a business site. Essentially, it recycles waste energy to produce heat and cooling as a free by-product. Our trigeneration systems comprise a cogeneration unit and non-polluting absorption chiller. Minimal energy is lost in transmission, achieving energy efficiency as high as 85 per cent.
NATURAL GAS FUELLED GENERATION
Natural gas can be used to generate power, heating and cooling on your premises, from smaller scale applications for offices, right through to industrial scale factory solutions. There are three basic solution types: generation, co-generation and tri-generation.
Typical installs: Where power, thermal load and/or cooling load are required, such as a large office building, hotel, shopping centres, factories or hospitals. View some Case Studies on the ATCO WebsiteGeneration (produces power only)
- Two main forms: continuous stable base load & rapid response peak or backup electricity demand
- Typical install: where there is no heating / cooling requirement
- From small micro turbines through to large scale solutions
- For on-site requirements and/or export electricity to grid
Co-generation (combined heat and power, otherwise known as CHP)
- Configured to produce both electricity and useful heat
- Can achieve significant energy savings by combining electricity & heat generation equipment into one efficient unit
- From small micro turbines through to large scale solutions
- For on-site requirements and/or export electricity to grid
Tri-generation (combined heat, power and cooling, also known as CHPC)
- Configured to produce both electricity, heat, as well as cooling capabilities
- Heat recovered is used in absorption chillers to create air con and/or chilled water
- Can be configured to use the CO2 bi-product in food processing and to encourage plant growth
- For on-site requirements and/or export electricity to grid
