Abstract:For the thermal performance of the organic Rankine cycle (ORC), there exists a monotonic increase or a maximum value with an optimum point because of the relationship between the heat source temperature and the critical temperature of working fluid. The performance with a monotonic increase is better than that with an optimum value. However, the ORC with a low-grade heat source generally falls into the condition with an optimum value when working fluids have a high critical temperature, for example, R245fa. Ea… Show more
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