Financial analysis shows that the ORC system, including the cost of the unit plus the costs of installation and integration into the process, will cost approximately 4.8 Million USD.

Organic Rankine Cycles differ from traditional steam Rankine Cycles in their use of an organic liquid as opposed to steam as the working fluid. The term ORC is also applied generally to any Rankine cycle with a low-grade heat source.

The Organic Rankine Cycle's principle is based on a turbogenerator working as a conventional steam turbine to transform thermal energy into mechanical energy and finally into electric energy through an electrical generator.

η=WnetQin=1−QoutQin. The basic Rankine cycle is presented in terms of temperature and entropy change in Figure 10.2. The ideal state of this cycle is reflected in the vertical lines 1-2 and 3-4, when the fluid compressed and expanded. Those processes are shown to proceed isentropically, i.e., without entropy change.