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Mini-Cogeneration Units for Distributed Power and Heat Supply

The paper describes the advantages of distributed power and heat supply with the recently available mini-cogeneration units. The distributed system is set of power and heat production units intended only to meet the requirements of a local user. The backup power and the heat may be delivered either from a parallel local unit or from an outside grid. The advantages are in the field of energy efficiency, lower emission of pollutants into the atmosphere, lower capital and maintenance costs. The deregulation of the energy market and the changes in the delivery and price policies of power and heat has enables a market niche applying a great number of small units. This work presents the recent development in this field in Europe, specifically describing the prototype unit installed in Terme Rogaška Slatina (Slovenia). Specific design and economical features, including some technical details of the installation, as well as consideration concerning on the particular location, are presented in detail.

Distributed power and heat; mini-cogeneration; emissions; spa

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