A Canadian government research agency has developed a heat recovery system, in partnership with a commercial firm, for use with microturbines. These small recuperated gas turbines are becoming commercially available and offer potential as the basis for small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) systems. The agency has developed a series of microturbine field trial projects with several Canadian gas and electric utilities. This paper reports results from the heat recovery prototype testing together with a description of the planned field trial program and the heat recovery system design.

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