A systematic method to customize an efficient organic Rankine cycle (ORC) to recover waste heat in refineries

H Yu, X Feng, Y Wang, LT Biegler, J Eason - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Organic Rankine cycles (ORCs) convert low temperature waste heat into power.
When there are multiple waste heat sources in a refinery, operability and safety …

Simultaneous heat integration and techno-economic optimization of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for multiple waste heat stream recovery

H Yu, J Eason, LT Biegler, X Feng - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In the past decades, the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) has become a promising technology
for low and medium temperature energy utilization. In refineries, there are usually multiple …

Working fluid selection for organic Rankine cycle (ORC) considering the characteristics of waste heat sources

H Yu, X Feng, Y Wang - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is a promising way for low temperature waste heat utilization.
The performance of an ORC system is strongly related to the working fluid. Therefore …

Thermodynamic analysis and performance optimization of an ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) system for multi-strand waste heat sources in petroleum refining industry

J Song, Y Li, C Gu, L Zhang - Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Low-grade waste heat source accounts for a large part of the total industrial waste heat,
which cannot be efficiently recovered. The ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) system has been …

A new pinch based method for simultaneous selection of working fluid and operating conditions in an ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) recovering waste heat

H Yu, X Feng, Y Wang - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract ORC (Organic Rankine Cycles) are widely used in low temperature waste heat
recovery which can lead to considerable energy saving. Huge amounts of waste heat need …

Organic Rankine cycle for waste heat recovery in a refinery

CL Chen, PY Li, SNT Le - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Waste heat recovery is one of the most important development fields for the organic Rankine
cycle (ORC), where a low boiling point organic fluid is used as a working medium. The ORC …

Industrial waste heat recovery and cogeneration involving organic Rankine cycles

CG Gutiérrez-Arriaga, F Abdelhady… - Clean Technologies and …, 2015 - Springer
This paper proposes a systematic approach for energy integration involving waste heat
recovery through an organic Rankine cycle (ORC). The proposed approach is based on a …

Optimal design of organic Rankine cycle system for multi-source waste heat recovery involving multi-period operation

L Kang, J Tang, Y Liu - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper addresses a three-step method to design the optimal ORC waste heat recovery
system (WHRS) that adapts to the multi-period and multi-source heat recovery requirements …

Optimal integration of organic Rankine cycles into process heat exchanger networks: A simultaneous approach

S Watanapanich, ST Li, JY Lee - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic Rankine cycles can produce power from various low-to-medium temperature heat
sources efficiently, and may be integrated into industrial processes to recover low-grade …

Optimization of an organic rankine cycle-based waste heat recovery system using a novel target-temperature-line approach

MZ Haq - Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Organic Rankine cycle (ORC)-based waste heat recovery (WHR) systems are simple,
flexible, economical, and environment-friendly. Many working fluids and cycle configurations …