Thermo-economic and heat transfer optimization of working-fluid mixtures in a low-temperature organic Rankine cycle system

Energies

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2019, Pages

  Oyewunmi, Oyeniyi A ^a   Markides, Christos N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heat transfer coefficients; Low grade heat; Low pressure expanders; Multi objective optimization; ORC capital costs; Organic Rankine cycles (ORC); Thermo economic analysis; Working fluid mixtures

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXERGY; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEXANE; MIXTURES; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARAFFINS; REFRIGERANTS; TEMPERATURE;

CAPITALS COSTS; ECONOMICS ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER CO-EFFICIENTS; LOW GRADE HEAT; LOW PRESSURES; LOW-PRESSURE EXPANDER; MULTI-OBJECTIVES OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE CAPITAL COST; ORGANICS; THERMO-ECONOMIC ANALYSE; THERMOECONOMIC; WORKING FLUID MIXTURES;

RANKINE CYCLE;

EID: 85076535782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en9060448     Document Type: Article

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