| ORC | Organic Rankine Cycle |
| SHEORC | Series Heat exchanges Organic Rankine Cycle |
| LCOE | levelized cost of energy |
| HFO | Heavy Fuel Oil |
| DLORC | Dual-Loop Organic Rankine Cycle |
| JW | Jacket water |
| EG | Exhaust gas |
| SA | Scavenge air |
| SMCR | Specified Maximum Continuous Rating |
| PPTD | Pinch point temperature difference |
| LMTD | Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference |
| CRF | Capital recovery factor |
| NSGA II | Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II |
| GA | Genetic Algorithm |
| TOPSIS | Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution |
| CEPCI | Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index |
| GWP | Global Warming Potential |
| ODP | Ozone Depletion Potential |
| COM | Cost of operation |