The Gloria Hoteles hotel chain controlled by the Mañaricua family has increased the company's share capital to be able to generate income from the exploitation of its thermoelectric cogeneration facilities and the promotion of products and services related to this type of energy, as sources confirmed to Maspalomas24H. of the company.
In this way, the chain hopes to take advantage of its thermal units and the knowledge acquired throughout its hotel experience. The company will be able to provide solutions and participate in administrative and technological processes of high added value from the initial evaluation to the start-up and maintenance of the plant. A cogeneration system is a thermoelectric plant in which heat from the turbine is recovered through a heat exchanger, that is, a device used to produce hot water or steam.
In some cogeneration systems, the turbine can be replaced by different machines but with the same purpose: for example, ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) turbogenerators, which use a denser fluid instead of steam, or internal combustion engines, similar to those of automobiles, which are mainly used in small-scale cogeneration plants installed directly at consumers' premises. However, the general principle of operation remains the same.
