Organic Rankine cycle design and performance comparison based on experimental database

Arnaud Landelle, Nicolas Tauveron, Philippe Haberschill, Rémi Revellin and Stéphane Colasson

Applied Energy, 2017, vol. 204, issue C, 1172-1187

Abstract: The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is a technology commonly used for low-grade thermal energy conversion in electricity. This technology is mature for large power scale and last research focused on small scale units for domestic or onboard applications. This paper presents an extensive open-access database of more than 100 ORC experiments collected from about 175 scientific literature references. Data harmonization and database frame are presented. Clear and consistent components and ORC performance criteria are proposed and applied to the data set of various ORC. An overview of the ORC experimental state-of-the-art is displayed and major trends are drawn. Efficiency of key components such as expanders and pumps are analyzed and used for ORC parametric optimization case study. Correlations of some parameters with ORC performances are statistically investigated, performance improvement of novel fluid or cycles is evaluated.

Keywords: Organic Rankine Cycle; Experiment; Data; Open-access; Performance evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.04.012

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