Thermo-fluid dynamics preliminary design of turbo-expanders for ORC cycles

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 601-608

  Fiaschi, Daniele ^a   Manfrida, Giampaolo ^a   Maraschiello, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power; ORC turbo expander design; Organic Rankine Cycles

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BINARY PLANTS; CFD TECHNIQUE; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; DESIGN OPTION; DYNAMIC LOSS; LOW-TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; OPTIMAL SELECTION; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; POWER CYCLE; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; RANKINE; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMO-FLUID DYNAMICS; WORKING FLUID;

TURBOEXPANDERS;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LOW TEMPERATURE; THERMAL POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84862316544     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.02.033     Document Type: Article

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