Cogeneration Buyers Guide Cogeneration Buyers Guide Cogeneration, or combined heat and power, is an enormous and growing market, which has littlepresence on the internet. This buyers guide will provide information about products and servicesof interest to the cogeneration industry. The common feature in all cogeneration systems is the prime mover, which will either convert waste heat into power or generate heat and power from a single energy input. Turbines can be powered by steam, hot air, and occasionally other media.
Combustion turbines have a compressor, combustor, and hot air turbine in a single unit.
Prime movers can be combined in a variety of ways to increase energy utilization. One common method is to use the waste heat from an engine or combustion turbine to generate steam, which is then used to power a steam turbine. A simple cycle plant has a single prime mover, and a combined cycle plant will have two in series. Additional information and categories will be added shortly.