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Financial
Institutions - Technology Status
 CHP
systems are currently used throughout the United States at
university campuses, military bases, hospitals, and hotels.
While all of the necessary components are commercially available,
integrating them into a CHP system currently requires custom
engineering and installation of components purchased from
separate contractors. Information on some of the CHP systems
installed in the U.S. is available in the installation
database section of this site.
In
2001, the U.S. Department of Energy initiated efforts toward
developing modular packaged
systems that eliminate much of the time and a significant
part of the cost for implementing CHP systems.
Some
information on the various technologies that are integrated
into CHP systems is given below.
- Distributed
power generation
Distributed power generation is used for producing electric
power on-site or at a location close to where electric power
is needed. Waste heat from these power generators is recovered
for operating thermally-activated machines.
- Heat
recovery
Heat recovery technologies allow recovery of thermal energy
from the exhaust gases and cooling systems of distributed
power generation equipment.
- Thermally-activated
machines
Thermally-activated machines can use recovered heat to provide
heating, cooling, or humidity control in buildings.
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