Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems are a technology capable of producing electricity and
heat from a wide range of energy sources and are particularly well-suited for medium and …

Abstract The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is a technology commonly used for low-grade
thermal energy conversion in electricity. This technology is mature for large power scale and …

The isentropic efficiency of the working fluid pump has a significant impact on the overall
performance of the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system. Based on machine learning, this …

Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power plants are considered as one of the most promising
technologies to generate power from low temperature heat sources such as biomass …

Among the different waste-to-energy solutions, gasification is considered a promising option
and an alternative to landfilling of residual municipal solid waste (RMSW). Therefore, the …

Mechanical feed pumps in organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power plants can suffer from
cavitation to lose their normal feeding performance or even damage. Cavitation models for …

In this paper, a full experimental characterization of a micro-scale ORC system is presented.
The facility under investigation is driven by a piston expander prototype, made of three …

A great amount of researches on thermodynamic cycles have been active in recent years,
such as ORC (organic Rankine cycle), Kalina cycle, et al. However, the ultimate aim of such …

The current research work assesses the relevance of pumping work in energy recovery
systems based on bottoming Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC) and presents the development …

For the present investigations of the off-design performance of organic Rankine cycle
systems, which are mainly based on indirect parameters such as temperature and pressure …