Recent Advances in Organic Rankine Cycle

Dear Colleagues,

The organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is a power technology for renewable energy and waste heat of medium-to-low temperature, with the advantages of being simple, flexible, stable, and reliable, as well as having a low requirement of heat source temperature, strong applicability to heat source types, and a wide installed capacity range. The ORC technology has been successfully applied to geothermal energy, solar energy, biomass energy, various waste heat sources, seawater desalination, poly-generation systems, etc. Fundamental research and commercial projects have been increasing rapidly in recent years. Considering the wide range of application scenarios and great performance superiority, it is foreseeable that the ORC technology will play an important role in future energy systems. However, this also raises a lot of issues that are worth studying.

This Special Issue aims to highlight the most recent advances in the organic Rankine cycle. We invite researchers to submit their high-quality articles or reviews on this issue. The topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Low-GWP Working Fluids and Zeotropic Mixtures;
• Cycle Structure Improvement and Comparison;
• Novel Components and Enhanced Heat Transfer Methods;
• Parameter Optimization and Performance Evaluation;
• Off-design Performance and Operation Strategy;
• Multi-objective Optimization and Machine Learning Algorithms;
• Simulation and Design Tools/Methods;
• Applications in Integrated Energy System (IES);
• Applications in Renewable Energy Development and Waste Heat Recovery;
• Novel Application Scenarios and Case Study;
• Experimental Activities and Engineering Applications.

Prof. Dr. Yuanyuan Duan
Dr. Jian Li
Guest Editors

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