Bottoming organic Rankine cycle for a small scale gas turbine: A comparison of different solutions

Applied Energy

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 355-364

  Clemente, Stefano ^a   Micheli, Diego ^a   Reini, Mauro ^a   Taccani, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Organic Rankine cycle; Scroll expander; Small axial turbine; Small gas turbine; Small radial turbine

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; RANKINE CYCLE; SCROLL COMPRESSORS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

AXIAL TURBINE; COMBINED CYCLE; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE(ORC); ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT; RADIAL TURBINES; SCROLL EXPANDER; SINGLE STAGE; SMALL SCALE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE; TYPICAL VALUES; WORKING FLUID;

GAS TURBINES;

COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACHINERY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIAL FLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBINE;

EID: 84874558939     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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