Table 2.
Experimental results of ORC reported in detail in published literature (sorted by time).
| Authors | Heat Source | Temperature | Heat Source Capacity | Working Fluid |
Expander Type |
Power Output |
Cycle Efficiency | Isentropic Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nguyen et al. [19] | Hot water | 93 °C | 60 kW | n-pentane | Radial turbine | 1.44 kW | 4.3% | 49.8% |
| Yamamoto et al. [2] | Electric heater | 50–80 °C | 20 kW | R123 | Radial turbine | 150 W | 1.25% | 47.8% |
| Quoilin et al. [20] | Hot air | 101–163 °C | – | R123 | Scroll expander | 1.8 kW | 7.4% | 68% |
| Pei et al. [21] | Hot oil | 105 °C | 18.3 kW | R123 | Radial turbine | 1 kW | 6.8% | 65% |
| Kang [22] | Steam | 77–83 °C | 700 kW | R245fa | Radial turbine | 32.7 kW | 5.22% | 78.7% |
| Zheng et al. [23] | Hot water | 40–90 °C | 36 kW | R245fa | Piston expander | 0.35 kW | 5% | 43.3% |
| Han et al. [24] | Hot water | 140 °C 150 °C |
2 MW | R245fa | Radial turbine | 201 kW | – | 72.4% |
| Hsu et al. [25] | Hot Water | 80–125 °C | 1050 kW | R245fa | Screw expander | 50 kW | 10.5% | 72.5% |
| Minea [26] | Hot water | 85–116 °C | 700 kW | R245fa | Screw expander | 39.9 kW | 7.57% | – |
| Abadi et al. [27] | Hot water | 80–120 °C | 110 kW | R245fa/R134a | Scroll expander | 1.2 kW | 6% | 65% |
| Fu et al. [28] | Hot water | 119.2 °C | 3788 kW | R245fa | Turbine | 225 kW | 7.94% | 63.7% |
| Galloni et al. [29] | Hot water | 75–95 °C | 11 kW | R245fa | Scroll expander | 1.2 kW | 9.28% | 84.9% |
| Miao et al. [30] | Hot oil | 140 °C 160 °C |
100 kW | R123 | Scroll expander | 2.35 kW 3.25 kW |
6.39% 5.12% |
81% |
| Muhammad et al. [31] | Steam | 100–140 °C | 17.4 kW | R245fa | Scroll expander | 1.02 kW | 5.75% | 77.74% |
| Peris et al. [32] | Hot oil | 90–150 °C | 390 kW | R245fa | Volumetric expander | 36.6 kW | 9.4% | 70% |
| Yun et al. [33] | Hot water | 120 °C | 45 kW | R245fa | Scroll expander | 3.4 kW | 7.5% | 61.4% |
| Pu et al. [34] | Hot water | <100 °C | – | HFE7100 R245fa |
Axial turbine | 1.03 kW 1.98 kW |
4.01% 4.17% |
59.7% 62% |
| Sung et al. [35] | Hot water | 140 °C | 2200 kW | R245fa | Radial turbine | 177 kW | 9.6% | 68.1% |
| Feng et al. [36] | Hot oil | 110–140 °C | 80 kW | R123 | Scroll expander | 2.01 kW | 3.25% | 85.17% |
| Shao et al. [37] | Hot oil | 110–140 °C | 55 kW | R123 | Radial turbine | 1.88 kW | 5.7% | 83.6% |
| Ziviani et al. [38] | Hot water | 85 °C 110 °C |
100 kW | R245fa | Scroll expander | 3.75 kW | – | 58% |