Low-grade heat conversion into power using organic Rankine cycles - A review of various applications

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3963-3979

  Tchanche, Bertrand F ^a   Lambrinos, Gr ^a   Frangoudakis, A ^a   Papadakis, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass CHP; Geothermal; Modular solar thermal power; Organic Rankine cycles; OTEC; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COGENERATION PLANTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION; RANKINE CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGY; STEAM ENGINEERING; TEMPERATURE; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

BIOMASS CHP; GEOTHERMAL; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; OTEC; SOLAR THERMAL POWER;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 80051796336     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.024     Document Type: Review

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