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What is the difference between a cogeneration power plant and a combined cycle power plant?

Combined cycle is a term applied to gas turbine generators in which the exhaust heat from the gas turbine is used to produce steam (in a heat recovery steam generator - HRSG), which is then fed to a steam turbine. The steam turbine may be on the same shaft as the gas turbine generator, or it may be a completely separate steam turbine & electrical generator. Cogeneration is when the heat produced from a combustion process is split between electrical generation and industrial process steam. The 'combustion process' can be either a boiler or a gas turbine with HRSG. The 'industrial process' steam can be for truly industrial chemical processes, or it could be for non-industrial steam plants, such as campus heating & cooling. In summary, "combined cycle" refers specifically to a gas turbine generator with an exhaust-heated steam turbine generator to increase overall power plant efficiency. "Cogeneration" is making heat through whatever means, and dividing the heat energy between electric generation and other process needs.

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