Study and optimization of a solar subcritical organic Rankine cycle

Renewable Energy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-109

  Marion, Michaël ^a,b   Voicu, Ionut ^a,b   Tiffonnet, Anne Lise ^a,b  

^a Université de Caen Normandie   (France)

^b IUT Cherbourg Manche   (France)

Author keywords

Double glazed solar collector; Exergy; Organic Rankine cycle; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIXED TEMPERATURE; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; FLUID MASS FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL POWER; MODELING PREDICTIONS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY; OPTIMUM FLOW; OPTIMUM MASS FLOW RATE; ORGANIC FLUID; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM STATE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WORKING FLUID;

EXERGY; PIPE FLOW; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

RANKINE CYCLE;

CONTROL SYSTEM; EXERGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84861333206     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.04.047     Document Type: Article

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