Cogeneration apparatus

摘要

A cogeneration apparatus is arranged to properly respond to a plurality of separate demands for supplying the thermal energy. A hot water storage tank (17) is provided for storing a first hot water produced using waste heat from an engine generator (10). A first heat exchanger (20) for producing the first hot water and a second heat exchanger (22) for producing a second hot water by drawing heat from the first hot water are provided in the hot water storage tank (17). A temperature sensor (TS1) is provided between the first heat exchanger (20) and the second heat exchanger (22) while a second temperature sensor (TS2) is provided above the second heat exchanger (22). A controller (29) controls the operation of the engine generator (10) in response to the conditions of thermal loads (21, 24) determined by the measurements of temperature detected by the temperature sensors (TS1, TS2). Also, a re-heating boiler (25) is provided for heating the second hot water to be supplied to the thermal load (24).