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      <journal-title-group><journal-title>SET Proceedings</journal-title></journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2978-4387</issn>
      <publisher><publisher-name>Caravel Press</publisher-name></publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.65582/set.2008.010</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2008.010</article-id>
      <title-group><article-title>Preliminary thermal analysis of a solar assisted micro-cogeneration system</article-title></title-group>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Facão</surname><given-names>Jorge</given-names></name>
        <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
      </contrib>
      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Palmero-Marrero</surname><given-names>Ana</given-names></name>
        <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
      </contrib>
      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Oliveira</surname><given-names>Armando C.</given-names></name>
        <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        <email>acoliv@fe.up.pt</email>
      </contrib>
      <aff id="aff1">Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (New Energy Tec. Unit) Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal</aff>
    </contrib-group>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><day>24</day><month>08</month><year>2008</year></pub-date>
      <volume>7</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <isbn publication-format="electronic">978-1-995850-08-5</isbn>
      <fpage>97</fpage>
      <lpage>102</lpage>
      <self-uri xlink:href="https://caravelpress.com/proceedings/set/papers/2008.010"/>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received"><string-date>24 August 2008</string-date></date>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>© 2008 Copyright WSSET</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2008</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract><p>In this work, three solar assisted thermodynamic cycles for a micro-cogeneration system are studied. The thermodynamic cycles are based on the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and the operating temperatures of solar thermal collectors are 80ºC, 100ºC-150ºC and 200º-250ºC, for cycles 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Several researchers have investigated the application and performance of ORCs. They have shown that organic fluids can be used to generate power using low-temperature energy sources (solar or waste heat). The main work objective is the modelling of the selected cycles for optimisation according to the temperature range. Micro-cogeneration, or micro-CHP, is the combination of micro-generation of electricity with useful heat. In this case, the micro-CHP system under analysis uses a micro-turbine and an electric generator with a power output of 5 kW. The turbine inlet temperatures are 80ºC, 120ºC and 230ºC, respectively for cycles 1, 2 and 3. The performance of several fluids was evaluated from a thermal and an economical point of view, taking into account also fluid toxicity. The integration of the micro-CHP system with solar thermal collectors was evaluated and the solar fraction was obtained for climatic conditions of Almeria (Spain), Tunis (Tunis) and Cairo (Egypt).</p></abstract>
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        <kwd>micro-cogeneration</kwd>
        <kwd>solar energy</kwd>
        <kwd>organic Rankine cycle</kwd>
        <kwd>solar fraction</kwd>
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      <conference>
        <conf-date>24 to 27 August 2008</conf-date>
        <conf-name>7th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies</conf-name>
        <conf-acronym>SET2008</conf-acronym>
        <conf-num>7</conf-num>
        <conf-loc>Seoul, Korea</conf-loc>
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