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Question Of The Week: Trigeneration Vs. Cogeneration

One facility manager is looking for feedback on cogeneration (combined heat and power) compared to trigeneration (combined cooling, heat and power) to generate electricity efficiently.

October 20, 2014

Posted by Heidi Schwartz

This week’s question comes from the Facilities Management Group on LinkedIn.

When evaluating trigeneration (or CCHP, a combined cooling, heat and power plant*) vs. cogeneration (or CHP, a combined heat and power plant*), which one would you select for your facility and why? Can you share your general experience of the long-term prospects of the alternative systems with respect to on-going maintenance and LC replacement?

Michael Shearwood
Project Manager-FM Engineering Services
Spotless Group
Adelaide, Australia

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* Definitions from Wikipedia.

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