Thermo-economic assessment of small-scale organic Rankine cycle for low-grade industrial waste heat recovery based on an experimental application

This thesis focuses on the use of small-scale Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC) to produce electricity from low-grade waste heat recovery of industrial processes. In particular, a thermo-economic (combination of thermodynamic and economic) optimization is conducted to achieve more cost-effective systems...

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Autor: Peris Pérez, Bernardo
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/456991
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/456991
http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/14031.2017.221809
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciclo Rankine Orgánico (ORC)
Recuperar calor residual
Proceso industrial
Evaluación termoeconómica
Optimización
Eficiencia energética
Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC)
Industrial processes
Energy efficiency
Enginyeria, Indústria i Construcció
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Sumario:This thesis focuses on the use of small-scale Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC) to produce electricity from low-grade waste heat recovery of industrial processes. In particular, a thermo-economic (combination of thermodynamic and economic) optimization is conducted to achieve more cost-effective systems and, thus, to contribute to the ORC adoption in practical applications. As a novelty, this investigation is based on an experimental application case, which allows developing a comprehensive model of the system and its subsequent validation from actual data. Thereby, more realistic results are reached, which underline the most relevant topics to pay attention to improve the economic feasibility of new projects.