Table 8.

SIC optimization solution using the PSO algorithm.

	S-CO2 – RORC – Cyclohexane			S-CO2 – SORC – Cyclohexane
	Base case	Optimized	Absolute difference [%]	Base case	Optimized	Absolute difference [%]
${\text{T}}_{\text{IT}}$ [°C]	750	800	6.66	750	800	6.66
${\text{P}}_{\text{HIGH}}$ [MPa]	25	30	20	25	30	20
${\text{T}}_{\text{C}}$ [°C]	65	67.67	2.10	65	66.06	2.46
rP	15	30	100	15	30	100
${\dot{W}}_{net,ORC}$ [kW]	27.46	36.31	32.19	23.65	29.68	25.54
${\dot{W}}_{net,S-C{O}_2-ORC}\left[\text{kW}\right]$	122.75	148.73	21.16	118.93	142.11	19.49
${\eta }_{I,ORC}$ [%]	14.95	21.07	40.93	14.93	17.23	15.40
${\eta }_{I,overall}$ [%]	49.01	52.76	7.65	47.48	50.41	6.17
$\text{Δ}{\eta }_{th}$ [%]	28.82	32.30	12.07	24.81	26.40	6.40
$BSF{C}_{BraytonS-C{O}_2-ORC}$ [g/kWh]	153.02	188.05	22.89	157.93	188.05	19.07
$\text{Δ}BSFC$ [%]	22.37	24.41	9.11	19.88	20.89	5.13
LCOE [USD/kWh]	0.26	0.22	15.38	0.24	0.22	8.33
PBP [year]	11.17	9.89	11.45	10.76	9.63	10.50
SIC [USD/kWh]	2613.13	2308.91	11.64	2515.67	2248.17	10.63