Experiments on Supersonic ORC Nozzles in Linear Cascade Configuration

In organic Rankine cycles (ORCs), the turbo-expander represents a critical component due to the major impact of its efficiency on working fluid selection, cycle layout and overall plant performance and profitability. Also, its design is complicated by large expansion ratios, by the demand of operational flexibility and by the thermo-physical characteristics of the working fluid and non-ideal gas effects. This typically leads