W Xu, R Zhao, S Deng, L Zhao, SS Mao - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of alternative working fluids has become a difficult and never-ending task, and thus driven a tremendous progress of the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) technology. In …
Efficient power generation from low to medium grade heat is an important challenge to be addressed to ensure a sustainable energy future. Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs) constitute …
Abstract The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is a promising technology for low temperature waste heat-to-power conversion. This work investigates the waste heat recovery potential of …
A Modi, F Haglind - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of zeotropic fluid mixtures in refrigeration cycles and heat pumps has been widely studied in the last three decades or so. However it is only in the past few years that the use …
F Heberle, D Brüggemann - Energies, 2015 - mdpi.com
We present a thermo-economic evaluation of binary power plants based on the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for geothermal power generation. The focus of this study is to analyse …
The organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems are commercially employed for small scale and large scale thermal conversion to electricity of a large variety of abundant heat sources such …
Environmental regulations target refrigerants with global warming potential (GWP) above 150. Meanwhile, zeotropic mixtures are proven to increase the exergetic efficiency of …
Italy is a leading country in the biogas sector. Energy crops and manure are converted into biogas using anaerobic digestion and, then, into electricity using internal combustion …
M Preißinger, D Brüggemann - Energies, 2016 - mdpi.com
The design of efficient Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) units for the usage of industrial waste heat at high temperatures requires direct contact evaporators without intermediate thermal …