Patent ID: 8035239
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: F01K,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A cogeneration system having a power plant that includes a generator connected to an AC power feed line between a power network and an electrical load and an internal combustion engine for driving the generator such that exhaust heat of the engine is supplied to a thermal load, comprising: a battery that stores DC power; a controller that controls operation of the thermal load; a main switch disposed to be operable by an operator; a microprocessor that controls operation of the power plant when the main switch is turned on by the operator; and an external terminal adapted to transmit an activation signal of the power plant to the controller upon manipulation by the operator when the main switch is kept off, wherein the microprocessor is adapted to be operated by power supplied from the battery in response to the activation signal received by the controller so as to activate the power plant.