Project

The next generation organic Rankine cycles - ORCNext

Code
179J24011
Duration
01 February 2012 → 31 December 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Automation and control systems
    • Renewable power and energy systems engineering
    • Energy conversion
    • Thermal energy
Keywords
organic rankine cycle control thermal economic ORC expander
 
Project description

Today process industry has to deal with an enormous amount of waste heat, typically at low(er) temperature. This waste heat can be recovered in the form of electrical power with ORC technology. The goal of the project is to develop high efficiency organic Rankine cycles. To this purpose several cycle architectures are studied, expander technology and smart control algorithms are developed and a financial analysis is performed.