Small and micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems for the food and beverage processing industries

Abstract: This chapter provides an overview of CHP energy technologies for the food and beverage processing industries on the small and micro scale. The chapter starts by providing the right context in terms of key energy demand properties of food processing sites as well as with techniques of energy integration. next it proceeds to describe the key small- and micro- CHP technologies, starting from the established ones and continuing further with experimental and developing technologies represented by fuel cells. The chapter concludes with a summary of the future trends and information for further reading.

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