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Organic Rankine, Kalina and sCO2 cycles: Overview

Making power from heat that steam turbines cannot use

What this tile covers Cycles using special fluids to make power from lower-temperature heat.

Key facts

Heat gradeLow to medium

Included from the reference tables

  • Organic Rankine cycle (80-350 C)
  • Kalina cycle
  • Supercritical CO2 cycles
  • Thermoelectric generators
  • Stirling engines

Also in Heat to power and cogeneration

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