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  title info:
    title: Structural Optimization and Experimental Investigation of the Organic Rankine Cycle for Solar Thermal Power Generation
  name:
    name part: Li, Jing.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XV, 133 p. 75 illus. online resource.
  abstract: Compared to the conventional Rankine cycle using water, the ORC can create efficient expansion at low power, avoid superheater and offer higher thermal efficiency in low temperature application. Small-scale ORCs from several kWe to a few hundred kWe offer great potential for meeting the residential demand on heat and power, and are of growing interest in scientific and technical fields. However, one critical problem is the decreased device efficiency and cost-effectiveness that arises when the ORC is scaled down. In this thesis, the ORC is combined with low concentration-ratio solar collectors. The background, research trend, merits and importance of the solar ORC are described. To reduce the thermodynamic irreversibility and the cost of the system, three innovative solutions are proposed: solar ORC without heat transfer fluid (HTF), which employs two-stage collectors and heat storage units; hybrid solar power generation based on ORC and amorphous silicon cells; osmosis-driven solar ORC. Heat collection, storage and power conversion are optimized. The design, construction and test of a prototype are conducted, demonstrating the feasibility of the ORC for small-scale cogeneration. Special attention is paid to the variable operation and parameter design with respect to the condensation temperature.
  table of contents: Gradual progress in the organic Rankine cycle and solar thermal power generation -- Structural optimization of the ORC-based solar thermal power system -- Experimental study of the organic Rankine cycle under variable condensation temperature -- Examination of key issues in designing the ORC condensation temperature -- Conclusion and future work.
  note: by Jing Li.
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy resources
  subject:
    topic: Energy efficiency
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Alternate energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Green energy industries
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Renewable and Green Energy
  subject:
    topic: Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings)
  subject:
    topic: Renewable and Green Energy
  classification: TJ807-830
  classification: 621.042
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      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
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  identifier: 9783662456231
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45623-1
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    record creation date: 141209
    record change date: 20151029201107.0
    record identifier: 978-3-662-45623-1