Journal
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
Volume 64, Issue -, Pages 790-805Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.06.076
Keywords
Heat source characteristic; Thermodynamic categorization; Performance metrics; ORC; Organic Rankine cycle
Funding
- State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [51236004]
- Science Fund for Creative Research Groups [51321002]
- ASME IGTI ORC Power Systems Committee
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Organic Rankine cycles (ORC) are an effective way to convert low-medium temperature heat to electricity that cannot be used for conventional high-temperature Rankine cycles. Even though there has been many studies of ORC systems over the past few decades, ORC heat sources have received relatively little attention. The heat sources providing energy to the ORC have different characteristics that significantly impact the theoretical analyses and system designs of ORC systems. This paper gives a theoretical categorization of heat sources to give uniform boundary conditions for further theoretical studies on cycle choices and working fluid screening. The ideal cycles for each heat source type are analyzed. Performance metrics are recommended for different heat source ORC systems. The general characteristics of the different heat sources including waste heat from industrial and power systems and geothermal, solar and biomass sources are given with their influences on the ORC systems. Finally, the market characteristics for ORC systems using different heat sources are reviewed with suggestions for future developments of ORC systems. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available