What is Combined heat and Power?
Combined Heat and Power is a device that has the capabilities to generate not only electricity but useful heat too. There are a number of different types of engines that can be used to achieve CHP, which can give high efficiency using natural gas. The stirling engine has recently been developed so it can produce domestic combined heat and power appliances. It is these appliances that will eventually replace the domestic boiler for a single home in the near future.
There is also the fuel cell, which although is not specifically an engine, it harnesses a chemical reaction to produce heat and electricity at an alarmingly high efficiency.
CHP systems tend to produce more heat than electricity. Which is the more likely demand
for a household depends on the season. With regards to the electricity output supplied by a CHP system, it only supplies part of the normal household required load, and works together with the national electricity grid to help supply the rest.
The potential advantages that can be felt with a CHP system are significantly reduced energy costs and a big reduction in your carbon emissions.
At Robert Heath, we have prior experience in installing CHP systems. For one of our Social Housing Contracts, we have installed several CHP systems in the plant rooms to provide heat assistance and enough electricity to run the communal areas.
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