Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems: Technologies and Applications

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 biomass and electricity generation from geothermal reservoirs and concentrating solar power installations, as well as waste heat recovery from gas turbines, internal combustion engines and medium- and low-temperature industrial processes. With hundreds of ORC power systems already in operation and the market growing at a fast pace, this is an active and engaging area of scientific research and technical development. The book is structured in four main parts: (i) Introduction to ORC Power Systems, (ii) ORC Plant Components, (iii) ORC System Design and Optimization, and (iv) Fields of Application. Provides a thorough introduction to ORC power systemsContains detailed chapters on ORC plant componentsIncludes a section focusing on ORC design and optimizationReviews key applications of ORC technologies, including cogeneration from biomass, electricity generation from geothermal reservoirs and concentrating solar power installations, and waste heat recovery from gas turbines, internal combustion engines and medium- and low-temperature industrial processes INDICE: Part 1 Introduction to ORC Power Systems 1. Theoretical basis of the ORC 2. History of ORC systems 3. Technical options for ORC systems 4. Organic fluids for ORC systems: classification and calculation of thermodynamic and thermophysical properties 5. Thermal stability of organic fluids for ORC systems 6. Dynamic modelling and control of ORC plants Part 2 ORC plant components 7. Axial flow turbines for ORC plants 8. Radial inflow turbines for ORC plants 9. Radial outflow turbines for ORC expanders 10. Fluid-dynamic design of ORC turbines 11. Screw expanders for ORC systems 12. Scroll expanders for ORC systems 13. Heat exchangers and air-cooled condensers for ORC plants Part 3 ORC system design and optimization 14. Thermodynamic optimization of ORC systems 15. Techno-economic optimization of ORC systems Part 4 Fields of application 16. Geothermal energy exploitation with ORC technologies 17. Biomass-fired ORC combined heat and power (CHP) systems 18. ORC-based concentrating solar power (CSP) plants 19. ORC systems for large-scale waste heat recovery (WHR) to produce electricity 20. Applications of ORC systems for small-scale waste heat recovery (WHR) 21. Micro-ORC systems for domestic cogeneration 22. Other applications of the ORC (Optional)

• ISBN: 978-0-08-100510-1
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 470
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés