Combined Heat Cooling Power

An additional “C” can now be added to CHP thus allowing year round utilization of by-product heat from electrical generating plants at district, campus or smaller single building levels.

Temperatures supplied to desiccant regenerators of heat driven air conditioners can range from high-pressure steam down to 165°F. (Systems can be built to special order for even lower temperatures down to 120°F.) This supply can be returned at 125°F making the system compatible with hot water networks, internal and external combustion engine coolant systems, as well as with fuel cells.

While these single stage regenerator modules have an energy efficiency of 80-90%, the overall cooling system typically has a coefficient of performance (CoP) of 1.3. Regenerators sized to meet the requirements of up to five air conditioners have been installed and much larger regenerators are scheduled for late 2004.