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Mobile congeneration apparatus including inventive valve and boiler

  • US 5,517,822 A
  • Filed: 06/15/1993
  • Issued: 05/21/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A mobile cogeneration apparatus comprising:

  • a support structure having a plurality of wheels operably associated therewith for moving said support structure;

    a first electrical generator mountable on said support structure;

    a second electrical generator mountable on said support structure;

    a first engine mountable on said support structure and associatable with said first electrical generator such that said first engine is operable for driving said first electrical generator, said first engine having an exhaust gas outlet;

    a second engine mountable on said support structure and associatable with said second electrical generator such that said second engine is operable for driving said second electrical generator, said second engine having an exhaust gas outlet;

    a boiler mountable on said support structure, said boiler having an exhaust gas inlet;

    conduit means for conducting exhaust gas from said exhaust gas outlets of said engines to said exhaust gas inlet of said boiler;

    discharge means for selectively discharging at least a portion of said exhaust gas before said portion of exhaust gas enters said exhaust gas inlet of said boiler; and

    diverter means, positionable in said conduit means, for selectively diverting said portion of said exhaust gas to said discharge means.

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