ASSESSMENT OF TRILATERAL ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE FOR SOLAR APPLICATIONS WITH INNOVATIVE TURBOEXPANDER CONCEPT

Low-temperature solar collectors coupled with thermal energy storage can enable stable and carbonfree energy production. The key issue is to efficiently convert solar energy into electricity without resorting to complex architecture that may hinder the technical and economic feasibility of the entire system. In this work, we propose a fully integrated organic Rankine cycle (ORC) with the solar field and energy storage,