Organic Rankine cycle

A co-generation system producing electricity and freshwater by a solar field driven supercritical organic Rankine cycle (SORC) coupled with a desalination unit is proposed. The proposed system can use parabolic trough solar collectors (among other options) to produce 700 kW thermal energy with temper

A comparison of many organic working fluids was made. Emphasis was given to the efficiency of the thermodynamic cycle using each working fluid, as well as its environmental impact. The thermodynamic cycle consists of two stages: high temperature and low temperature. The maximum temperature of the fi

This paper presents the technical characteristics as well as an economic comparison of two autonomous desalination systems. The first system concerns the laboratory experimental results of a direct coupled PV-SWRO desalination system without batteries equipped with a hydraulic energy recovery device

This paper deals with the application of parabolic trough solar collectors to a double cascade of organic Rankine cycles for reverse osmosis desalination. Two different solar collectors are operated either with thermal oil or with the organic fluid of the top cycle. The solar thermal system drives a