Evaluation of external heat loss from a small-scale expander used in organic Rankine cycle

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 2694-2701

  Li, Jing ^a   Pei, Gang ^a   Li, Yunzhu ^a   Ji, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Heat loss; Insulation; Organic Rankine Cycle; Small scale expander

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE HEAT; CONVECTIVE HEAT; ENGINE SHAFT; EXPANSION PROCESS; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; MEAN TEMPERATURE; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCALING DOWN; SMALL-SCALE EXPANDER;

ENTHALPY; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANKINE CYCLE;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 79960926273     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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