Individual cogeneration plant and local network

A local network comprising a power management station, a group of houses and cogeneration plants arranged such that each one of said cogeneration plants is dedicated to one of said houses, wherein:

• each one of said cogeneration plants comprises:
• a compressor-alternator unit comprising a compressor and an alternator, said compressor-alternator unit being arranged to operate independently, by drawing compressed air supplied by one or more compression stages;
• and
• a heating system arranged to heat compressed air from the compressor so as to increase the volume and/or temperature of the compressed air, and arranged to re-inject the compressed air into expansion chambers of master cylinders of said compressor, wherein:
• said heating system comprises a heating unit for an associated one of said houses, said heating unit enabling operation of the compressor;
• and
• said alternator supplies electric power to the associated one of said houses;
• each one of said cogeneration plants is linked to other ones of said cogeneration plants by an electrical conductor;
• and
• said power management station enables said cogeneration plants to be activated successively and/or alternately to supply electric power to said group of houses based on overall requirements of said group of houses.

A local network comprising a power management station, a block of flats, and cogeneration plants arranged such that each one of said cogeneration plants is dedicated to one of said flats, wherein:

• each one of said cogeneration plants comprises:
• a compressor-alternator unit comprising a compressor and an alternator, said compressor-alternator unit being arranged to operate independently, by drawing compressed air supplied by one or more compression stages;
• and
• a heating system arranged to heat compressed air from the compressor so as to increase the volume and/or temperature of the compressed air, and arranged to re-inject the compressed air into expansion chambers of master cylinders of said compressor, wherein:
• said heating system comprises a heating unit for an associated one of said flats, said heating unit enabling operation of the compressor;
• and
• said alternator supplies electric power to the associated one of said flats;
• each one of said cogeneration plants is linked to other ones of said cogeneration plants by an electrical conductor;
• and
• said power management station enables said cogeneration plants to be activated successively and/or alternately to supply electric power to said block of flats based on overall requirements of said block of flats.

A local network comprising a power management station, a block of buildings containing a plurality of flats, and high-powered cogeneration plants arranged such that each one of said cogeneration plants is dedicated to one of said buildings, wherein:

• each one of said cogeneration plants comprises:
• a compressor-alternator unit comprising a compressor and an alternator, said compressor-alternator unit being arranged to operate independently, by drawing compressed air supplied by one or more compression stages;
• and
• a heating system arranged to heat compressed air from the compressor so as to increase the volume and/or temperature of die compressed air, and arranged to re-inject the compressed air into expansion chambers of master cylinders of said compressor, wherein:
• said heating system comprises a heating unit for an associated one of said buildings, said heating unit enabling operation of the compressor;
• and
• said alternator supplies electric power to the associated one of said buildings;
• each one of said cogeneration plants is linked to other ones of said cogeneration plants by an electrical conductor;
• and
• said power management station enables said cogeneration plants to be activated successively and/or alternately such that each of said cogeneration plants can supply electric power to one or more of said buildings based on overall requirements of said block of buildings.

A high-powered cogeneration plant adapted for installation in a building, said high-powered cogeneration plant comprising a group of low-powered cogeneration plants linked and interconnected to each other and managed by a power management station, wherein each one of said low-powered cogeneration plants comprises:

• a compressor-alternator unit comprising a compressor and an alternator, said compressor-alternator unit being arranged to operate independently, by drawing compressed air supplied by one or more compression stages;
• and
• a heating system arranged to heat compressed air from the compressor so as to increase the volume and/or temperature of the compressed air, and arranged to re-inject the compressed air into expansion chambers of master cylinders of said compressor, wherein:
• said heating system comprises a heating unit for the building, said heating unit enabling operation of the compressor;
• said alternator supplies electric power to the building;
• and
• each of said low-powered cogeneration plants are arranged to be activated successively, one after another, according to heating requirements of the building.