Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems

Technologies and Applications

Ennio Macchi, Marco Astolfi (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

800 Seiten

2026 | 2nd edition
Woodhead Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-443-32812-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power systems are increasingly of interest for cost-effective sustainable energy generation, with applications such as cogeneration from biomass, electricity generation from geothermal reservoirs and concentrating solar power installations, waste heat recovery, internal combustion engines and medium- and low-temperature industrial processes. With thousands of ORC power systems already in operation and the market growing at a fast pace, this is an active and engaging area of scientific research and technical development.

Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems: Technologies and Applications, Second Edition, provides a complete overview of ORC technology, including fundamentals, numerical modelling, plant technology, and applications.

The book begins by introducing ORC power systems and their modelling, before a section focusing on ORC plant components, and finally in-depth chapters highlighting specific fields of application.

This new edition is fully revised and updated to include new chapters on ORC market development, automotive on-board waste heat recovery, energy storage with ORC, and other applications such as ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) and solar pond technology.

This is an essential resource for all those looking to increase their understanding of ORC power systems, including students, researchers, faculty, R&D professionals, engineers, managers, and policy makers.

Autor

Ennio Macchi is Emeritus Professor at Politecnico di Milano. He has been full professor of “Energy Conversion” at Politecnico for over 30 years and was the first Director of the Energy Department of Politecnico. He was the founder and the scientific coordinator of the internationally recognized Research Group “GECoS” of the Politecnico di Milano. In the ‘70s, together with his colleagues Prof. Angelino and Prof. Gaia, he initiated the successful Italian activity on ORC. He is the author of more than 200 papers and books on various energy topics and consultant of several Companies, including ORC manufacturers. Dr Marco Astolfi is an Assistant Professor in the Energy Department of Politecnico di Milano and he is lecturer of Energy Conversion. His studies are focused on the design and the techno-economic optimization of ORC cycles in particular for exploitation of low temperature geothermal sources and solar energy in CSP plants. Besides this topic he is currently working on the design of stand-alone microgrid for rural electrification with a high penetration of renewable energy sources and salinity gradient technologies for energy production.

Inhalt

Part 1: Introduction to Organic Rankine Cycle power systems and their modelling
1. Theoretical basis of the Organic Rankine Cycle
2. History of Organic Rankine Cycle systems
3. Organic Rankine Cycle market
4. Technical options for Organic Rankine Cycle systems
5. Organic fluids for Organic Rankine Cycle systems
6. Thermal stability of organic fluids for Organic Rankine Cycle systems
7. Dynamic modeling and control of Organic Rankine Cycle plants
8. Thermodynamic and technoeconomic optimization of Organic Rankine Cycle systems

Part 2: Organic Rankine Cycle plant components
9. Fluid dynamic design of Organic Rankine Cycle turbines
10. Axial flow turbines for Organic Rankine Cycle applications
11. Radial inflow turbines for Organic Rankine Cycle systems
12. Radial outflow turbines for Organic Rankine Cycle expanders
13. Positive displacement expanders for Organic Rankine Cycle systems
14. Heat transfer and heat exchangers

Part 3: Fields of application
15. Geothermal energy exploitation with Organic Rankine Cycle technologies
16. Biomass-fired Organic Rankine Cycle combined heat and power systems
17. Solar thermal powered Organic Rankine Cycles
18. Organic Rankine Cycle systems for waste heat recovery to produce electricity
19. Organic Rankine Cycles for on board waste heat recovery (automotive, road freight transportation, marine vessels)
20. Micro-Organic Rankine Cycle systems for domestic cogeneration
21. Energy storage with Organic Rankine Cycles
22. Other applications for Organic Rankine Cycles: OTEC, Solar Pond, LNG

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2026
• Reihe/Serie: Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• ISBN-10: 0-443-32812-9 / 0443328129
• ISBN-13: 978-0-443-32812-1 / 9780443328121
• Zustand: Neuware