Patent ID: 9726441
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: F01K,F02G,F25B,F28F,G05B,Y02E,Y02P

Claim:
1. A cogeneration power plant, comprising: a heating device comprising an inlet into which a working medium flows, and an outlet out of which the working medium flows, and configured to extract heat from the working medium; an energy generator comprising an inlet into which the working medium flows, and an outlet out of which the working medium flows; a heat pump; and a circuit configured to deliver the working medium from the energy generator to the heating device, and then to split the working medium into a first flow that is delivered to the heat pump and returned to the inlet of the energy generator and a second flow that is delivered to the heat pump and returned to the inlet of the heating device; wherein the heat pump is configured to cool the first flow of the working medium; and wherein the heat pump is configured to heat the second flow of the working medium.