Laboratory of Organic Rankine Cycles and their Applications

Development of technologies
in the field of combined production
of electricity and heat

The Laboratory of Organic Rankine Cycles and their Applications (LORCA) is focused primarily on the development and testing of prototypes of devices based on the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) principle and their components as well as on the optimization leading to production of competitive solutions on the market. Two directions are followed: use – recycling of waste heat in industry, and combined production of electricity and heat with low output.

More information:

Ing. Jakub Maščuch, Ph.D.
+420 723 552 340
lorca [at] uceeb [dot] cz

Information leaflet

Primary Activities of the Laboratory

• Leading the projects associated to proposal, development and testing of a prototype of a unit for combined production of electricity and heat based on the ORC principle for industrial use

• Development and testing of devices for using waste heat from industrial processes

• Development and testing of new types of expanders

• Optimization of components for ORC devices

• Innovation of devices with combined thermal cycles

Instrumentation

• Simulator of waste heat

• Analyzer of combustion products Testo

• Device for testing the ORC components

• Microturbine Capstone C30

Micro power plant WAVE

• Heat output: 50 kW; Electric output: 1.5 kW

Simulator of waste heat

• Output: 50–150 kW; Temperature: 250–450 °C

Parameters of the MT unit

• Use of waste heat; Electric output: 5 kW