Biogas engine waste heat recovery using organic Rankine cycle

Energies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Benato, Alberto ^a   Macor, Alarico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogas engine; Fluid selection; Optimization; Organic Rankine cycle; Techno economic analysis; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; CROPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GASES; FERTILIZERS; HEATING; ICE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NAMEPLATES; OPTIMIZATION; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION; WASTE INCINERATION;

BIOGAS ENGINES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES (ICES); MONITORING ACTIVITIES; OPTIMIZATION GOALS; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE(ORC); ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; TECHNO- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

RANKINE CYCLE;

EID: 85016242867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en10030327     Document Type: Article

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