Abstract
Rising energy costs are encouraging energy intensive industries to investigate alternative means of waste heat recovery from process streams. The use of organic fluids in Rankine cycles offers improved potential for economical cogeneration from waste heat at lower temperatures than can be provided using more conventional steam systems. This paper reviews a variety of organic Rankine cycles developed for industrial waste heat recovery. The status of industrial experience is reported where data are available. Several examples of industrial cogeneration applications are presented with an assessment of their technical and economic limitations.
Hnat, J. G.; Patten, J. S.; Cutting, J. C.; Bartone, L. M. (1982). Industrial Heat Recovery with Organic Rankine Cycles. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /94358.