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Solar driven micro-ORC system assessment for residential application

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  • Ancona, Maria Alessandra
  • Bianchi, Michele
  • Branchini, Lisa
  • De Pascale, Andrea
  • Melino, Francesco
  • Peretto, Antonio
  • Poletto, Chiara
  • Torricelli, Noemi

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to estimate the electricity production obtainable by coupling an existing kW-size recuperated Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) prototype with a commercial solar thermal collector to reduce the yearly electricity purchased by a single-family user. A detailed semi-empirical steady-state model, validated against experimental data, is employed for the power plant simulation. The optimal sizes of both the collector surface and the storage tanks were assessed considering that a solar collector surface larger than 32.25 m2 would lead the micro-ORC working in off-design conditions; while storage volumes higher than 6000 l become too large to be completely exploited.

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  • Ancona, Maria Alessandra & Bianchi, Michele & Branchini, Lisa & De Pascale, Andrea & Melino, Francesco & Peretto, Antonio & Poletto, Chiara & Torricelli, Noemi, 2022. "Solar driven micro-ORC system assessment for residential application," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 195(C), pages 167-181.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:195:y:2022:i:c:p:167-181
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.06.007
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