Auto optimizing control system for organic rankine cycle plants

H Kopecek, G Ast, TJ Frey, S Freund… - US Patent 8,590,307, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND This invention relates generally to organic Rankine cycle plants, and more
particularly to methods and systems for maximizing power output or efficiency of waste heat
recovery plants that employ organic Rankine cycles using variable speed generators and/or
pumps and/or fans. Rankine cycles use a working fluid in a closed cycle to gather heat from
a heating Source or a hot reservoir by gen erating a hot gaseous stream that expands
through a turbine to generate power. The expanded stream is condensed in a con denser by …
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