The pressure is on
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Even the steam engine is entering the high-tech era. In order to convert heat into movement and electricity, large power plants use water and steam. In smaller-scale units, which are often powered by biomass, solar energy, geothermal energy or energy from waste, the water is often replaced by an organic liquid with a low boiling point and a large vapour volume. Hence the name: Organic Rankine Cycle, or ORC. The idea is to improve the efficiency of converting heat into energy from 20 percent to 30 percent. In early September, Professor Piero Colonna (3mE) held a congress for his 300 colleagues in the field.
