The ORC-PD: A versatile tool for fluid selection and Organic Rankine Cycle unit design

Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 605-620

  Pezzuolo, Alex ^a   Benato, Alberto ^a   Stoppato, Anna ^a   Mirandola, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Exergy analysis; Fluid selection; Organic Rankine Cycle; Plant design optimization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; PLANT LAYOUT; TEMPERATURE;

EFFICIENCY PREDICTIONS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; ISENTROPIC EFFICIENCY; LOW , MEDIUM AND HIGH TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURE HEAT SOURCES; OPERATING CONDITION; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; PLANT DESIGNS;

RANKINE CYCLE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXERGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LOW TEMPERATURE; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84960875187     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.02.128     Document Type: Article

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