The man-made greenhouse effect and the associated changes in our climate is already clearly evident. To avoid the worst impacts on nature and environment, it is necessary to reduce CO2 emissions as quickly as possible - and drastically. Likewise, it is useful to look at constantly rising energy costs and the finite nature of fossil fuels, for new, alternative energy sources.
One way to conserve the environment and our own wallets, the use of a mini-cogeneration plant, actually. A cogeneration heat and power plant (CHP) is a facility that produces both electricity and heat. It is centrally deployed at the location of heat consumption (as for example in the basement) of a home and works on the principle of combined heat and power. In it motor fuels are burned. This is for the generator to allow it to be driven and therefore provides the power supply.
This process heats the cooling water and hot gases are formed, which can be used for heating and hot water for one or more households, for example. Unnecessary heat can be temporarily stored in a storage tank for later use. The fuel that is suitable depends on what is used - vegetable oil, diesel or biodiesel, natural gas or biogas or wood pellets. If you generate more electricity than is needed, it is possible to feed this into the public grid.
What benefits arise from the use of a CHP? In any case, while benefiting the environment, by generating electricity locally, the resulting waste heat can be fully exploited. The decentralized power plants, however require a lot of energy to cool down the electricity generated in the hot exhaust gases. Input energy in a CHP plant has a much higher level of utilization, which makes a lot less pollutants released into the environment. CO2 emissions can be reduced by about half for the same amount of energy.
Another positive effect is that a cogeneration plant can be operated with renewable resources. In addition to the operation of a CHP worthwhile financially. It is independent of the flow of energy companies and their sometimes arcane pricing policy. It is also possible with this type of power of government incentives, the fuels are exempted from part of the fuel and therefore less expensive than fuel for the operation of a normal heating system. The sale of the excess current is next to a small source of income. A good way to produce energy at a good price!
