Date of download: 11/1/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Selection of Distributed Power-Generating Systems Based on Electric, Heating, and Cooling Loads J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2006;128(3):168-178. doi:10.1115/1.2213275 Figure Legend: The energy utilization factor is graphed as a function of the total thermal load to power ratio for an engine-based cogeneration system for a cooling total thermal load ratio of 0.2. The three different refrigeration subsystems and the no-cogeneration case are shown.