Appeal No. 95-3362
Application 08/009,200
The invention relates to a cogeneration system. In
particular, Appellant discloses on page 5 of the specification
and illustrates in Figure 1 a cogeneration system having an
electric heater 7 connected to an output terminal of generator 2
driven by heat engine 1. Appellant discloses on pages 7 through
10 the operation of the cogeneration system as illustrated by
flow chart 3. Appellant discloses that power supplied to
electric heater 7 is controlled by expression (3) found on page 9
of the specification. Appellant discloses that for this
embodiment it is assumed that an output of generator 2 is
proportional to a heat quantity recovered by heat load 5 from the
heat engine 1 as shown in Figure 2. Appellant discloses that
this relationship is stored in memory 102 of the computer.
Appellant discloses a second embodiment on pages 10 through 12
where a fuel cell 15 is provided in place of heat engine 1 and
generator 2 shown in Figure 1.
The independent claims 1 and 5 are reproduced as follows:
1. A cogeneration system including a generator driven by a
heat engine, an external electric power load connected to said
generator, and a heat load whose heat source is waste heat
generated from said heat engine, comprising:
detecting means for detecting a load value of said external
electrical power load;
2
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