A major cause of energy inefficiency is a result of the generation of waste heat and the lack
of suitable technologies for cost-effective utilisation of low grade heat in particular. The …

Gasification and combustion processing is deemed reliable and feasible methods in
response to concerns about landfilling–a traditional treatment due to rapid growth in …

Rankine Cycle (RC) is a thermodynamic cycle that converts thermal energy into mechanical
work, which is commonly found in thermal power generation plants. Recently, there have …

The present paper focuses both on the thermodynamic and on the economic optimization of
a small scale ORC in waste heat recovery application. A sizing model of the ORC is …

Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs) are particularly suitable for recovering energy from low-
grade heat sources. This paper describes the behavior of a small-scale ORC used to …

This paper proposed a thermal efficiency model theoretically based on an ideal ORC to
analyze the influence of working fluid properties on the thermal efficiency, the optimal …

The aim of this paper is to facilitate the selection of the expander for a small-scale organic
Rankine cycle based on an experimental comparison of a piston, a screw, a scroll and a …

Emerging and promising ways of utilizing any heat sources from geothermal, solar,
combustion, and industrial waste heat may be the application of power plants that are …

A dual-loop organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system is designed to recover the waste heat of a
diesel engine. The high-temperature (HT) loop utilizes the heat load of the engine exhaust …

The wider adoption of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) technology for power generation or
cogeneration from renewable or recovered waste-heat in many applications can be …