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Method of optimizing performance of Rankine cycle power plants. [US DOE Patent]

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6579313

A method is described for efficiently operating a Rankine cycle power plant to maximize fuel utilization efficiency or energy conversion efficiency or minimize costs by selecting a turbine fluid inlet state which is substantially on the area adjacent and including the transposed critical temperature line.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
None
OSTI ID:
6579313
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English