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Project

Design of an ORC for waste heat recovery in combustion engines and other industrial processes
Code
179P9110
Duration
01 September 2009 → 31 August 2010
Funding
Private funding via IWT/VLAIO
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Power electronics
    • Energy generation, conversion and storage engineering
    • Thermodynamics
Keywords
thermodynamics organic Rankine cyclys waste heat
 
Project description

An organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is a Rankine cycle in which an organic refrigerant is used instead of water. This allows lower working temperatures. In this research project ORCs are studied to convert waste heat from combustion engines and other industrial processes into electricity.