Performance analysis of a solar-powered organic rankine cycle engine

J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2011 Jan;61(1):3-6. doi: 10.3155/1047-3289.61.1.3.

Abstract

This paper presents the performance analysis of a power plant with the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). The power plant is supplied by thermal energy utilized from a solar energy collector. R245fa was the working fluid in the thermodynamic cycle. The organic cycle with heat regeneration was built and tested experimentally. The ORC with a heat regenerator obtained the maximum thermodynamic efficiency of approximately 9%.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Power Plants*
  • Solar Energy*
  • Temperature