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Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems.
Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems: Technologies and Applications provides a systematic and detailed description of organic Rankine cycle technologies and the way they are increasingly of interest for cost-effective sustainable energy generation. Popular applications include cogeneration from...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kent, UNKNOWN :
Elsevier Science,
2016.
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing in energy ;
no. 107. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems; Related titles; Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems: Technologies and Applications; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; One
- Introduction to Organic Rankine Cycle power systems; 1
- Theoretical basis of the Organic Rankine Cycle; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The unique features of Organic Rankine Cycles; 1.3 Why air (or any other gas) is not an appropriate working fluid for a power cycle operating with low-medium temperature heat ...
- 1.3.1 The only thermodynamic processes which are technologically feasible in a power cycle1.3.2 The poor air (or any other gas) power cycle performance at low Tmax temperature; 1.3.3 The second-law analysis of air power cycles (with reference to a constant temperature heat source); 1.3.4 The advantages of substituting a gas cycle with a Rankine cycle; 1.4 Why water is not the right working fluid for power cycles fed by energy sources of limited capacity; 1.4.1 The steam turbine issue for steam cycles; 1.5 Thermodynamic issues related to the choice of working fluid; 1.5.1 Heat sources.
- 1.5.1.1 Constant temperature heat sources1.5.1.2 Variable temperature heat sources; 1.6 Criteria for the selection of the working fluid; 1.6.1 General requirements shared with the refrigerating and air-conditioning industry; 1.6.2 A specific requirement for Organic Rankine Cycles: thermal stability; 1.6.3 Requirements on thermodynamic properties to be optimized; 2
- History of Organic Rankine Cycle systems; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Learning by doing: from steam engine to thermodynamics; 2.3 From steam engine to ORC, progress based on practical engineering and not on theory.
- 2.4 Rebirth of the ORC: integrating thermodynamics and system design2.4.1 University of Naples; 2.4.2 National Physical Laboratory of Israel; 2.4.3 Politecnico di Milano; 2.4.4 Lappeenranta University of Technology; 2.4.5 Various demonstration units; 2.4.6 New cycles proposed; 2.5 Early commercial plants; 2.6 Commercialization of ORC systems, present status; 2.6.1 Established dedicated ORC manufacturers; 2.6.1.1 Ormat; 2.6.1.2 Turboden; 2.6.2 New entrants (in alphabetical order); 2.6.2.1 Adoratec; 2.6.2.2 Atlas Copco; 2.6.2.3 ElectraTherm; 2.6.2.4 Exergy; 2.6.2.5 General Electric (GE).
- 2.6.2.6 GMK2.6.2.7 Triogen Company (Triogen); 2.6.2.8 Turbine air systems (TAS); 2.6.2.9 United Technologies/Pratt and Whitney; 2.6.2.10 Various new entrants; 2.7 Software development; 2.8 Summary; References; 3
- Technical options for Organic Rankine Cycle systems; 3.1 Equipment list; 3.1.1 Heat exchangers; 3.1.1.1 Shell and Tubes; 3.1.1.2 Evaporators and water cooled condensers; 3.1.1.3 Air cooled condensers; 3.1.1.4 Recuperator; 3.1.1.5 Brazed plate and plate fin; 3.1.2 Expander; 3.1.2.1 Turbomachines; 3.1.2.2 Volumetric expanders; 3.1.3 Pumps.