Selected technical problems of cogeneration of electric energy and heat

The paper is focused on selected technical problems of cogeneration of heat and electric power (combined heat and power – CHP) both in a large and small scale. First, largescale cogeneration systems applied in large power industry are discussed and results of adaptive control of extraction condensing turbines are presented. Then, advantages of distributed cogeneration are pointed out and small-scale cogeneration systems aimed for modernisation of a fossil-fuel district heating plant are investigated. At the end of the paper, organic Rankine cycle (ORC) heat and power units are described for biomassfuelled cogeneration and topping of main generation units to use the recovery heat.