Microgen Energy Limited

Microgen Engine Corporation Holding B.v.

Adrian Robin Richardson

Heather Allderidge

David Anthony Clark

Wayne Kenneth Aldridge

Frank Ferdinandi

Christopher John Spenceley

Alan William McCarthy-Wyper

Nigel Graham Moore

This invention relates to domestic heat and power systems that allow efficient methods of operating a domestic combined heat and power (dchp) unit and to energy-efficient methods of scheduling domestic appliance operation within a household having a dchp unit. Dchp units provide heating and hot water for the home and also generate electricity for use in the home. A domestic heat and power system is provided that comprises a dchp unit, a dchp unit controller, a programmer module and an energy scheduler linked to allow communication therebetween, wherein the programmer module receives data input and generates a heating and/or hot water schedule therefrom, the dchp unit controller determines operating times of the dchp unit in accordance with the schedule and provides the operating times to the energy scheduler that then operates the domestic appliance during operating times.

Domestic heat and power system

A DCHP unit with a Stirling engine (), a burner () and a supplementary burner (). Water is heated by exhaust gas from the Stirling engine and from the supplementary burner. If a sensor () detects that the water temperature has risen indicating that there is insufficient demand for the heat in the exhaust gas, a fan (), () which normally provides the flow of air to the supplementary burner is operated without firing the burner to generate a flow of cool air to cool the water.

Domestic combined heat and power unit

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Silchester, United Kingdom

Adrian Robin Richardson