Organic Rankine Cycle with Solar Heat Storage in Paraffin Way

Abstract

The paper presents an electricity generation system based on an Organic Rankine Cycle and proposed storing the amount of the heat produced by the solar panels using large volume of paraffin wax. The proposed working fluid is R-134a refrigerant. The cycle operates at very low temperatures. A efficiency of 6,55% was obtained.

Keywords

• solar heat storage
• phase change material