Innovations for organic Rankine cycle power systems: Current trends and future perspectives

C Wieland, C Schifflechner, K Braimakis… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the early 2000s, organic Rankine cycle (ORC) technology has experienced rapid
development and market uptake. More than 4.5 GW of total ORC power plant capacity has …

[HTML][HTML] Working fluid and system optimisation of organic Rankine cycles via computer-aided molecular design: A review

CN Markides, A Bardow, M De Paepe… - Progress in Energy and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems are a class of distributed power-generation systems
that are suitable for the efficient conversion of low-to-medium temperature thermal energy to …

Performance assessment of an organic Rankine–Vapor compression cycle (ORC-VCR) for Low-Grade compression heat recovery

H Jiang, Y Rong, X Zhou, S Fang, K Wang, X Zhi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Power consumption of the compression process in air separation units can be significantly
reduced by precooling the inlet air of the air compressors with an organic Rankine cycle and …

Reversible high-temperature heat pump/ORC for waste heat recovery in various ships: A techno-economic assessment

G Kosmadakis, P Neofytou - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
An alternative waste heat recovery solution for ships is examined, relying on a reversible
unit. This unit switches its operation between an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) for electricity …

[HTML][HTML] Thermo-economic analysis of a novel partial cascade organic-steam Rankine cycle

P Li, T Qian, J Li, H Lin, Y Wang, G Pei, D Jie… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional heat batteries and concentrated solar power systems adopt subcritical steam
Rankine cycles (SRCs) to avoid the technical challenges of supercritical cycles. The water …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation of organic Rankine cycle performance using alkanes or hexamethyldisiloxane as a working fluid

WKA Abbas, E Baumhögger, J Vrabec - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation of the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is carried out using
butane, pentane, cyclopentane or hexamethyldisiloxane as a working fluid. Thermal and …

Advanced monitoring of geothermal Organic Rankine Cycles

M Irl, C Schifflechner, C Wieland, H Spliethoff - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Geothermal Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plants have tremendous
worldwide potential for the utilization of low-and medium-temperature geothermal resources …

Geothermal trigeneration systems with Organic Rankine Cycles: Evaluation of different plant configurations considering part load behaviour

C Schifflechner, L Kuhnert, L Irrgang, F Dawo… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the increasing importance of cooling applications, geothermal trigeneration systems
might be of high interest in the future. This work aims at evaluating different plant layouts …

[HTML][HTML] Non-equilibrium CFD simulation of the wet-to-dry expansion of the siloxane MM in a converging–diverging nozzle

P Ogrodniczak, MT White - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Wet-to-dry organic Rankine cycles could generate 30% higher power outputs in the
temperature range of 150 to 250° C compared to existing single-phase cycles. Since the …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the wet-to-dry expansion of organic fluids for power generation

MT White - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
The successful and economic conversion of waste heat into electricity requires new,
innovative, power cycles to be developed. The proposed wet-to-dry cycle, in which the …