Thermodynamic performance of a radial-inflow turbine for ocean thermal energy conversion using ammonia

C Zhang, Z Wu, J Wang, C Ding, T Gao, Y Chen - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Aiming at the high-efficiency OTEC application, a 30 kW radial-inflow turbine using ammonia
was constructed via the one-dimensional design. In addition, a 3D CFD simulation was …

Testing of the Katrix rotary lobe expander for distributed concentrating solar combined heat and power systems

Z Norwood, D Kammen, R Dibble - Energy Science & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we present performance results and analysis of a novel rotary lobe expander
device. This is part of a larger research effort into the analysis and design of a small‐scale …

[書籍][B] A better steam engine: designing a distributed concentrating solar combined heat and power system

ZM Norwood - 2011 - search.proquest.com
The result of several years of analysis of Distributed Concentrating Solar Combined Heat
and Power (DCS-CHP) systems is a design that is predicted to convert sunlight to heat at 8 …