What do you call Generation of electricity using waste heat

[jim1174]

What do you call Generation of electricity using waste heat from processes to make steam and drive generators

 

[Stendarpaval]

I'm no engineer, but it seems like it's called Waste-to-Energy (WtE):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste-to-energy

 

[russ_watters]

No, that's garbage, not waste heat. I would just call it heat recovery.

 

[Evanish]

What do you call Generation of electricity using waste heat from processes to make steam and drive generators

They call it Combined cycle. For natural gas they call it a http://www.eon.com/en/business-areas/power-generation/natural-gas-and-oil/combined-cycle-gas-turbine-how-it-works.html .

 

[russ_watters]

That's true for when the waste heat comes from another heat engine, which isn't always the case.

 

[Evanish]

Maybe this then, http://www.heatispower.org/waste-heat-to-power/ (WHP).

 

[NascentOxygen]

"co-generation" might fit