P.A. Jacobs's research while affiliated with The University of Queensland and other places

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Article
Small-scale solar thermal cogeneration shows promise as an effective way to get increased benefit out of a given solar availability, since it does not waste potential during summer after the water capacity is heated. In this paper a scroll expander is tested in a small organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and used to calibrate a static expander model. Valid...

Citations

... As an effective technology, Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system has a great potential for the conversion of the low grade energies. ORC system is widely employed to utilize the industrial waste heat [1,2], biomass energy [3], geothermal energy [4] and solar energy [5]. However, in the heat transfer process of pure working fluid ORC system, this is because of the limited temperature difference, there will be a large exergy loss, leading to its unsatisfactory performance [6]. ...