Micro-ORC Systems: Small-Scale Waste Heat Power
Micro ORC Systems
Not every waste heat source justifies a full-scale power plant. Micro-ORC systems shrink the cycle down to a compact unit that generates electricity from small, distributed heat sources, exhaust from a single engine, a small biomass boiler, a modest process stream, at capacities that would be uneconomical for a larger installation.
Where Micro-ORC Fits
Micro-ORC serves the long tail of waste heat: individual gensets, small CHP plants and facilities with a modest but steady heat flow. By scaling the same organic Rankine cycle down, it brings power recovery to sites that previously had no route to capture their heat, opening energy recovery to applications below the reach of conventional equipment.
Why Size Is the Point
The value of a micro-ORC is that it is sized to match, generating continuously from whatever heat the site actually produces instead of requiring a large heat source to justify itself. For a distributed, small-scale heat source, that fit is what makes recovery viable at all, turning a heat stream that was being discarded into an on-site source of power.
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Recover Power at Any Scale
Klean Industries sizes ORC power recovery to the heat source, from small distributed streams to full plant heat recovery.
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