5. Cogeneration

All heat engines discharge a certain amount of heat into the surrounding environment. In the case of combustion turbines, the flue gases leave the system at a relatively high temperature. For IMVs, as for MACIs, it's the water in the condenser or engine cooling circuit that exchanges heat with a fluid in the surrounding environment (air or condenser cooling circuit). In all cases, these effluents contain a greater or lesser amount of energy, which is ultimately dissipated into the surrounding environment.

With a few modifications, it is possible to use the corresponding amount of heat, or at least part of it. Such plants are known as heat/power cogeneration plants. In the concept of plant efficiency η _inst , this recovered heat Q _rec , counted as positive, should be taken into...