philba
New Member
I while ago I stumbled upon this concept. It makes total sense to me after a cursory view however, I wonder if others here have more experience with it. I'd also like to hear people's opinions (like I could prevent that, huh?).
Basically the idea is that when you burn fuel for heat, you are wasting a lot of the energy of the combustion. Why not use it to generate electricity. This is the idea behind industrial cogeneration but why not apply it to residential generation as well?
CHP stands for combined heat and power. There are a number of companies doing this. The claims seem good and not inflated but there is really no way to judge. They are claiming up to 90% efficiency but I've heard that bull before. There is no way for me to even guestimate what my savings would be. Still, I'm considering getting one for my pool which sucks large amounts of natural gas to heat the water.
thoughts?
some links
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https://www.whispergen.com/
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Basically the idea is that when you burn fuel for heat, you are wasting a lot of the energy of the combustion. Why not use it to generate electricity. This is the idea behind industrial cogeneration but why not apply it to residential generation as well?
CHP stands for combined heat and power. There are a number of companies doing this. The claims seem good and not inflated but there is really no way to judge. They are claiming up to 90% efficiency but I've heard that bull before. There is no way for me to even guestimate what my savings would be. Still, I'm considering getting one for my pool which sucks large amounts of natural gas to heat the water.
thoughts?
some links
**broken link removed**
https://www.whispergen.com/
**broken link removed**