The increment of using fossil fuels has caused many perilous environmental problems such
as acid precipitation, global climate change and air pollution. More than 50% of the energy …

Diesel engines play an important role in transport, small medium-size stationary generator,
agriculture, as well as generate the biggest CO 2 emission and environmental pollution …

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 …

The ever-increasing demand for energy, scarcity of traditional energy sources and severe
environmental issues are, perhaps, the biggest global challenges that need immediate …

How to effectively utilize low and medium temperature energy is one of the solutions to
alleviate the energy shortage and environmental pollution problems. In the past twenty …

New heat conversion technologies need to be developed and improved to take advantage
of the necessary increase in the supply of renewable energy. The Organic Rankine Cycle is …

Hybrid solar and geothermal utilisation is a promising option for effective exploitation of
renewable energy sources. Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems with geothermal …

Abstract Supercritical CO 2 (S-CO 2) power-cycle systems are a promising technology for
waste-heat recovery from internal combustion engines (ICEs). However, the effective …

Abstract Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)-based systems are being extensively investigated
for heat-to-electric power conversion from various sources, such as biomass, waste heat …

Internal combustion engines (ICEs) are the major consumers of crude oil, and thus
improvements in the fuel consumption performance of ICEs would be significant for global …