Combined heat and electricity generating apparatus and method
CA 2386449 A1 · Owner: Odd, Alisdair · Inventors: Provencher, Marc; Odd, Alisdair; Yeung, John
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The present invention is concerned with an apparatus and method to provide both heat, and electricity. The apparatus comprises a micro-turbine operating an electrical, generator to produce electricity for an electrical load. Heat from the exhaust gases, from the micro-turbine is extracted by a heat exchanger to provide heat to a heat load. The method comprises operating the apparatus in one of a plurality of modes of operation, the modes of operation being dependent on parameters related to the operation of the apparatus. A distributed utility network may be assembled using a, number of the apparatus installed in different locations whereby each apparatus, operates in the most …
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- Filed May 15, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 15, 2022.
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