| ORC | Organic Rankine Cycle |
| MLORC | Multi-Loop Organic Rankine Cycle |
| DLORC | Dual-Loop Organic Rankine Cycle |
| TLORC | Triple-Loop Organic Rankine Cycle |
| QLORC | Quadruple-Loop Organic Rankine Cycle |
| LCOE | Levelized cost of energy |
| CRF | Capital recovery factor |
| WHRS | Waste Heat Recovery System |
| PPTD | Pinch point temperature difference |
| NPO | Net power output |
| CEPCI | Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index |
| LMTD | Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference |
| TOPSIS | Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution |
| NSGA II | Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II |
| COM | Cost of operation |
| GRA | Grey Relational Analysis |
| MADM | Multiple Attribute Decision Making |