This book deals with issues related to the efficient utilization of available energy in industrial sites. It also provides a recipe for minimizing the Global Warming Potential (GWP) and reducing the impact of Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) on nature, and presents a variety of insights into thermodynamics, heat transfer, and energy management for teaching purposes. The book will assist beginner and senior engineers to deal with energy issues from a more global perspective.

This book deals with issues related to the efficient utilization of available energy in industrial sites. It also provides a recipe for minimizing the Global Warming Potential (GWP) and reducing the impact of Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) on nature, and presents a variety of insights into thermodynamics, heat transfer, and energy management for teaching purposes. The book will assist beginner and senior engineers to deal with energy issues from a more global perspective.

The imminent need to mitigate the global warming potential (GWP) and the impact of the ozone depletion potential (ODP) demand seeking more efficient uses of energy, new energy sources, and new technologies. Heat transfer plays a vital role in efficient power production with minimum investment, installation, and maintenance costs. This book deals with issues related to efficiently utilizing available energy by integrating the technology of heat exchangers into power production units. Further, it provides detailed descriptions of heat transfer applications commonly used in modern everyday life and industrial contexts, supported by practical and worked-out examples presented to facilitate learning.

Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems: Technologies and Applications provides a systematic and detailed description of organic Rankine cycle technologies and the way they are increasingly of interest for cost-effective sustainable energy generation. Popular applications include cogeneration from biomass and electricity generation from geothermal reservoirs and concentrating solar power installations, as well as waste heat recovery from gas turbines, internal combustion engines and medium- and low-temperature industrial processes. With hundreds of ORC power systems already in operation and the market growing at a fast pace, this is an active and engaging area of scientific research and technical development. The book is structured in three main parts: (i) Introduction to ORC Power Systems, Design and Optimization, (ii) ORC Plant Components, and (iii) Fields of Application. - Provides a thorough introduction to ORC power systems - Contains detailed chapters on ORC plant components - Includes a section focusing on ORC design and optimization - Reviews key applications of ORC technologies, including cogeneration from biomass, electricity generation from geothermal reservoirs and concentrating solar power installations, waste heat recovery from gas turbines, internal combustion engines and medium- and low-temperature industrial processes - Various chapters are authored by well-known specialists from Academia and ORC manufacturers