Maximising the working fluid flow as a way of increasing power output of geothermal power plant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 2074-2078

  Borsukiewicz Gozdur, Aleksandra ^a   Nowak, Władysław ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Geothermal power plant; Low temperature rankine cycle; ORC; Organic working fluid

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; EVAPORATORS; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS;

LOW TEMPERATURE RANKINE CYCLE; OPTIMUM EVAPORATION TEMPERATURE; ORGANIC WORKING FLUID;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 34247153569     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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