Evaluation of operation control parameters of a residential solar organic Rankine cycle with effects of expander-generator coupling

Kutlu, Cagri; Erdinc, Mehmet Tahir; Ehtiwesh, Amin; Bottarelli, Michele; Su, Yuehong; Riffat, Saffa

doi:10.17184/eac.9437

Global Decarbonisation

Volume 1, 2025, Article 2025.008

Technical Article

Evaluation of operation control parameters of a residential solar organic Rankine cycle with effects of expander-generator coupling

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¹School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS2 8AG, UK

²Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tarsus University, 33400, Mersin, Turkey

³Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

⁴Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, 44122, Ferrara, Italy

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Evaluation of operation control parameters of a residential solar organic Rankine cycle with effects of expander-generator coupling

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