“…The applications include electricity generation, small cogeneration systems, water pumping, cooling and desalination. Quoilin et al [1], Lemort [2], Nguyen et al [3], Saitoh et al [4], Kane et al [5], Nguyen et al [6], Riffat and Zhao [7], Oliveira et al [8] and Yagoub et al [9] are some of the authors who reported studies on small ORCs designed for electricity generation. In view of harnessing the available solar radiation, solar thermal water pumping systems for freshwater and irrigation based on Rankine engine have been constructed and tested in different parts of the world including Africa and Asia [10].…”