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cogeneration

cogeneration

1 5.3
A system that makes electricity and useful heat at the same time from one fuel
  • noun
  • /ˌkoʊdʒəˈneɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: cogeneración
  • Combined district heating and cooling systems with electricity cogeneration are referred to as "community integrated energy systems."
  • cogeneration plant
  • cogeneration system
  • cogeneration facility

This is Japanese gas cook top and gas rice cooker or fuel cogeneration system.

Examples

  • At our luncheon, he worked hard to convince me that my cogeneration proposal was perhaps not a good idea.

    Academic text (2006)

  • My first exposure to a running cogeneration plant was a tour of a 300-megawatt facility in Rotterdam in 1988.

    Academic text (2006)

  • So you have to define how important this cogeneration is in your local area.

  • Located in Los Angeles, the firm's activities have been primarily in the area of cogeneration and independent power production.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Special interest is given to the cogeneration of fresh water from seawater.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Theories aside, will the UConn Cogeneration Plant actually save the university money?

    Academic text (2006)

  • In Texas, for example, over 7,000 megawatts of cogeneration capacity have been installed.

    Academic text (1990)

  • A large number of the utility's customers have self-generation or cogeneration capability.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Altogether, the use of alcohol for transportation and cogeneration of electricity "avoided emission of 9.54 million tons of carbon."

    Academic text (1999)

  • Cogeneration systems can significantly reduce energy costs by producing both electricity and cogeneration from a single energy source.

Surface Forms

cogeneration singular
cogenerations plural

Morphology

cogeneration = generation + co (transparent) = co + generation

Meaning is directly derived from the productive prefix 'co-' (joint) added to 'generation' (production), so learners can infer 'joint production of energy'.

Etymology

The word cogeneration joins co- 'together' and generate 'to make', like in cooperate and generator. So, cogeneration means making electricity and useful heat 'together' from the same fuel, which saves energy.