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Overview

Cogeneration is considered to be a very cost-efficient means of generating both electricity and thermal energy from the same fuel source. The cost efficiency comes not only from the generation of electricity, which can be used to reduce the expense of purchased utility power, but also from the fact that the generated steam is used twice. Another attractive element of cogeneration is that a variety of fuel types may be used, ranging from natural gas to fuels such as wood or agricultural waste that are categorized under the term "biomass."

SEECO manufactures steam turbine generator systems for cogeneration in sizes ranging from as small as 35 kW to as large as 15,000 kW. Typical applications involve plants with a burnable waste product. This waste fuels a boiler to generate steam. The high-pressure steam drives a turbine generator set that in turn produces electricity. The low-pressure steam output from the turbine can be used for a variety of process purposes.