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Organic Rankine Cycles ORC

Author: Renaud GICQUEL

Publication date: September 10, 2016, Review date: June 23, 2021

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2. ORC cycle applications

There are four main application classes for ORC cycles, which account for the bulk of achievements in terms of installed capacity and number of installations:

  • geothermal power plants ;

  • biomass combustion plants;

  • heat recovery from effluents ;

  • thermodynamic solar power plants.

The diagrams in figures 4 and 5

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