Review of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) architectures for waste heat recovery

S Lecompte, H Huisseune, M Van Den Broek… - … and sustainable energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is commonly accepted as a viable technology to convert
low temperature heat into electricity. Furthermore, ORCs are designed for unmanned …

Is zeotropic working fluid a promising option for organic Rankine cycle: A quantitative evaluation based on literature data

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 …

Systematic methods for working fluid selection and the design, integration and control of organic Rankine cycles—A review

P Linke, AI Papadopoulos, P Seferlis - Energies, 2015 - mdpi.com
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 …

Low grade waste heat recovery with subcritical and supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle based on natural refrigerants and their binary mixtures

K Braimakis, M Preißinger, D Brüggemann, S Karellas… - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
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 review of recent research on the use of zeotropic mixtures in power generation systems

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 …

Thermo-economic evaluation of organic Rankine cycles for geothermal power generation using zeotropic mixtures

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 …

A review of working fluids for organic Rankine cycle (ORC) applications

AF Babatunde, OO Sunday - IOP conference series: materials …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Exergetic performance of CO2 and ultra-low GWP refrigerant mixtures as working fluids in ORC for waste heat recovery

K Braimakis, A Mikelis, A Charalampidis, S Karellas - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental regulations target refrigerants with global warming potential (GWP) above
150. Meanwhile, zeotropic mixtures are proven to increase the exergetic efficiency of …

Biogas engine waste heat recovery using organic Rankine cycle

A Benato, A Macor - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
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 …

Thermal stability of hexamethyldisiloxane (MM) for high-temperature organic Rankine cycle (ORC)

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 …