Screening of hydrocarbons as supercritical ORCs working fluids by thermal stability

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 632-637

  Dai, Xiaoye ^a   Shi, Lin ^a   An, Qingsong ^b   Qian, Weizhong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon; Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC); Thermal decomposition indicator; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLUIDS; HEXANE; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; HYDROCARBONS; PARAFFINS; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOLYSIS; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LONG CARBON CHAINS; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE(ORC); ORGANIC WORKING FLUID; SUPERCRITICAL ORCS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE;

RANKINE CYCLE;

EID: 84983376886     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.08.024     Document Type: Article

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