Analysis of hot spots in boilers of organic Rankine cycle units during transient operation

Applied Energy

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-131

  Benato, A ^a   Kaern M R ^b   Pierobon, L ^b   Stoppato, A ^a   Haglind, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluid thermochemical decomposition; Hot spot; Organic rankine cycles; Waste heat recovery unit

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; DECAY (ORGANIC); GAS TURBINES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE; TOPOLOGY; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

HOT SPOT; OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS; OIL AND GAS PLATFORMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; THERMOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION; TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER; WASTE HEAT RECOVERY UNITS;

RANKINE CYCLE;

CORRELATION; DECOMPOSITION; GUIDELINE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84928726868     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.04.055     Document Type: Article

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