Binary ORC (organic Rankine cycles) power plants for the exploitation of medium-low temperature geothermal sources - Part A: Thermodynamic optimization

Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 423-434

  Astolfi, Marco ^a   Romano, Matteo C ^a   Bombarda, Paola ^a   Macchi, Ennio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geothermal energy; ORC (organic Rankine cycles); Second law analysis; Thermodynamic optimization

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANTS; RANKINE CYCLE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOANALYSIS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; GEOTHERMAL SOURCES; OPTIMAL COMBINATION; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; SECOND LAW ANALYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL CYCLES; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; LOW-TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

BRINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; EXPLOITATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT SOURCE; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; THERMODYNAMICS; DATABASE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84896402153     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.11.056     Document Type: Article

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