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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Yoshinori Nakagawa, Wako, JP;
Akihito Kasai, Wako, JP;
Tsutomu Wakitani, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal demand priority type cogeneration system, is made operative for obtaining power output without thermal demand. When the temperature in a hot water tankis low, a heat request is output from a heat request generatorand thereby an engineis driven. When the temperature T higher than a predetermined temperature T, a first water supply instructing unitopens a valveand supplies water to the tankto decrease the water temperature T. When the water temperature goes down, thermal demand is generated, the engineis driven according to the heat request. So as to generate thermal demand, a discharge valvemay be opened when the water temperature T is at the predetermined temperature or higher. A second water supply instructing unitopens the valvewhen reserved water level in the tankgoes down. When the valveis opened, water is supplied and the water temperature goes down and thermal demand is generated. At a power failure of a commercial electric power system, thermal demand is generated forcibly.