cogeneration
See also: cogénération
English
Etymology
co- + generation
Noun
cogeneration (usually uncountable, plural cogenerations)
- The production of heat and/or power from the waste energy of an industrial process.
- The simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source.
- Joint generation; cocreation.
- 2018, Thomas Elmqvist, The Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities (page xxix)
- The book project is part of a larger effort by Future Earth to build mechanisms for cogeneration of knowledge […]
- 2018, Thomas Elmqvist, The Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities (page xxix)
Synonyms
- (combined heat and power): CHP
Translations
simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
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