Co-generation Boiler (CHP): Power and Heat From One Boiler
Co Generation Boiler
A conventional power plant wastes much of its fuel’s energy as rejected heat, while a heating boiler produces no power. A co-generation boiler does both: it raises high-pressure steam that drives a turbine for electricity, then delivers the remaining heat to a process, combining heat and power from a single fuel flow at a much higher overall efficiency.
How Co-generation Works
The boiler raises steam that first expands through a turbine, generating power, and the lower-pressure steam that leaves is then routed to process heating rather than condensed and discarded. That single pass extracts both electricity and useful heat, pushing the system’s use of the fuel toward 70 to 80 percent and beyond.
Why CHP Doubles the Value
A facility needs both power and heat, and buying them separately means paying twice and wasting the heat a power-only system rejects. A co-generation boiler satisfies both demands from one fuel, cutting total energy cost and emissions. It is the highest-efficiency thermal option available to a site with simultaneous power and heat loads.
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Take the Heat and the Power
Klean Industries designs co-generation boiler systems that produce electricity and process heat together.
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