ORC based micro-cogeneration systems for residential application – A state of the art review and current challenges

João S. Pereira, José B. Ribeiro, Ricardo Mendes, Gilberto C. Vaz and Jorge C. André

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018, vol. 92, issue C, 728-743

Abstract: The environmental awareness and sustainability concerns have reached an unprecedented level of importance that is leading to, among other things, constant improvements in the traditional methods of energy conversion. One of those improvements involves the use of micro-CHP (combined heat and power production) systems for residential applications since the potential in terms of primary energy savings and GHG (greenhouse gases) reductions is considered to be enormous. Among the different technologies available for micro-CHP systems, ORC based ones seem the most suitable and promising option due to its simplicity and its ability to retrofit current heating systems used in residential dwellings.

Keywords: Low-carbon & efficient energy systems; Organic rankine cycle (ORC); Micro-cogeneration; ORC-evaporator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (22)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032118302740
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:rensus:v:92:y:2018:i:c:p:728-743

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600126/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... 600126/bibliographic

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.039

Access Statistics for this article

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews is currently edited by L. Kazmerski

More articles in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().