The working principle of the organic Rankine cycle is the same as that of the Rankine cycle: the working fluid is pumped to a boiler where it is evaporated, passed through an expansion device (turbine, screw, scroll, or other expander), and then through a condenser heat exchanger where it is finally re-condensed.

Some of the wasted heat may be recovered using the Rankine cycle, where an intermediate heat transfer loop is added that contains a working fluid whose properties allow it to pass through an expander to capture some of the exergy of the waste heat sources.

Waste Heat Recovery System The total heat that could potentially be recovered can be calculated using this formula: Q = V×ρ×Cp×△T×η Flow rate (V) of gas inlet to gas conditioning tower in m 3 /hr Density of gas(ρ) corresponding to the gas temperature in kg\m 3 Specific heat (Cp ) of gas corresponding to the temperature ...

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.