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21/02/2024

Review on Nonideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics

Members of the KCORC community have recently contributed to the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. The paper reviews nonideal compressible fluid dynamic of dense vapors and supercritical fluids.
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17/01/2024

News from the KCORC board – November 2023

This month find out about details on the next KCORC General Assembly and the announcement of ORC 2025.
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17/01/2024

News from the KCORC board – October 2023

This month find out about details on the next KCORC General Assembly, the update of the White Paper by TEHAG and the KCORC's call for scholarships.
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17/01/2024

News from the KCORC board – September 2023

This month find out about details on the next KCORC General Assembly, the results of ORC 2023 and the updates on the upcoming Call for Scholarships.
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17/01/2024

News from the KCORC board – August 2023

This month find out about details on the next KCORC General Assembly, a potential EU ban on PFAS and last updates on the upcoming ORC 2023.
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17/01/2024

News from the KCORC board – July 2023

This month find out about details on the next KCORC General Assembly, a potential EU ban on PFAS and recent updates on ORC 2023.
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10/08/2023

News from the KCORC board – June 2023

This month find out about details on the next KCORC General Assembly, a potential EU ban on PFAS and more information about ORC 2023.
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10/08/2023

News from the KCORC board – May 2023

This month our Chairman was invitied to participate in EU-level events. In this update you can also found out more about ORC 2023 including keynote speakers, registration and more.
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01/06/2023

Invitation to the “International Workshop on Carnot Battery” taking place at the University of Liege

Learn about recent developments in Carnot Batteries at this International Workshop taking place at the University of Liege.
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22/04/2023

News from the KCORC board – April 2024

Updates on the annual strategy meeting, involvement in high-level meetings to support the energy transition in Europe, ORC2023 and am update from the Standard and Regulations committee.
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21/03/2023

News from the KCORC board – March 2023

Get acquainted with the new KCORC Board, find out more about ORC 2023, and more in this months update from the Board.
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03/03/2023

2023 Geothermal Energy Machinery and Systems (GEMS) Workshop

The Geothermal Energy Machinery and System (GEMS) Workshop aims to provide an opportunity for industry experts to meet and discuss the technology development needs for advanced geothermal surface plants.
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22/02/2023

News from the KCORC board – February 2023

In this months update find out more about Prof. Piero Colonna's keynote at the Global Power and Propulsion Society, the outlook on the upcoming ORC 2023 conference, and more.
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22/01/2023

News from the KCORC board – January 2023

This month we welcome our new Chairman, Prof David T. Sánchez Martínez, alongside updates on other KCORC activities.
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03/12/2022

News from the KCORC board – Novemeber & December 2022

In this update find out about exciting news regarding the ORC 2021 proceedings, alongside news about ORC 2023 and more.
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19/11/2022

Participation in SET2022 and DECARB 2022

Last week Prof. Piero Colonna represented the KCORC at two critical EU events to discuss the importance of thermal energy harvesting and waste heat to power (WH2P) technologies.
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26/10/2022

News from the KCORC board – October 2022

Find out about the latest updates from KCORC including ORC 2023 and the next round of KCORC Scholarships.
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29/08/2022

News from the KCORC board – August 2022

Find out about the latest activities in this months update from the KCORC board.
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05/06/2022

News from the KCORC board – June 2022

Important updates from the KCORC Board on the next round of scholarships, ORC 2023 and publicity for the TEHAG white paper.
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17/05/2022

News from the KCORC board – March 2022

In this month's update: details on the new KCORC Board, publication of the TEHAG white paper and more.
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24/02/2022

Release of TEHAG white paper

The Thermal Energy Harvesting Advocacy Group (TEHAG) releases white paper titled "Thermal Energy Harvesting - the Path to Tapping into a Large CO2-free European Power Source".
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24/02/2022

Awardees of the 2021 KCORC Scholarship

The KCORC Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the awardees from the 2021 round of applications for the KCORC scholarship.
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05/01/2022

News from the KCORC board – January 2022

News from the latest Board meeting: The KCORC scholarship committee has just awarded two scholarships. Further details will soon be published on this website. The board is pleased to announce a…
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05/12/2021

News from the KCORC board – December 2021

News from the latest Board meeting: KCORC decided to hold the next conference, ORC2023, in Sevilla, Spain. The conference Chairman will be hosted by Professor David Sanchez, Chair of Energy…
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05/11/2021

News from the KCORC board – November 2021

News from the latest Board meeting: The 6th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems was held from 11th to 13th of October in a virtual format. A total of 220 attendees, more…
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01/11/2021

Call for Abstract – European Geothermal PhD Days 2022

Call for Abstracts The organising committee is happy to announce that abstract submissions for the EGPD 2022 in Aachen are now open! Is your PhD project on geothermal energy or the related…
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06/09/2021

News from the KCORC board – October 2021

News from the latetest Board meeting: ORC2021-conference was a success with over 200 attendees and very positive feedback The KCORC General Assembly attracted almost 100 attendees A call for scholarships…
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06/08/2021

News from the KCORC board – August 2021

News from the latest board meeting: •    Dr Matteo Pini has been appointed as Chairman of the KCORC Scholarships Committee. We are very pleased to have Matteo onboard and look…
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06/06/2021

News from the KCORC board – June 2021

News from the latest Board meeting: •    The ORC2021 conference is progressing well. > 100 full papers submitted •    Industrial sponsors are increasingly favouring KCORC as well as the ORC2021…
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06/05/2021

IEA DHC ANNEX TS7: INDUSTRY-DHC SYMBIOSIS

“A systemic approach for highly integrated industrial and thermal energy systems” Friday, 30th April 2021, 12.30 to 15.30 (CET) A side event of the Mission Innovation Austria Online Conference https://missioninnovationaustriaweek.at/…
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06/03/2021

News from the KCORC board – March 2021

News from the latest board meeting: The ORC2021 conference in Munich will be a virtual conference. The call for abstracts is now closed and we are happy that more than…
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06/01/2021

News from the KCORC board – January 2021

Dear fellows and friends of KCORC. It is with high expectations and a great amount of respect that the new Board has started its work for KCORC. The knowledge of…
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06/12/2020

News from the KCORC board – December 2020

Our last board meeting took more time than anticipated, therefore the meeting of 7-12-2020 of two hours was extended today by another hour. We have so many things going on...…
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06/11/2020

News from the KCORC board – November 2020

All Board members, advisors and other vunteers are very busy with tasks that benefit our community... The website of the ORC 2021 International Seminar has been launched and we are very proud…
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06/09/2020

News from the KCORC board – September 2020

Another very productive meeting today! Among the many topics we have discussed and the definition of tasks for all board members, advisors and the usual interaction with the Chairman of…
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17/08/2020

Update to the KCORC projects section

We are currently in the process of updating the projects section of the KCORC website.
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17/06/2020

News from the KCORC board – June 2020

The members of the Board and the Board advisors  are very active and involved in a number of actions. The first draft of the White Paper titled "Thermal Energy Harvesting -…
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17/05/2020

News from the KCORC board – May 2020

Since the last "News from the board" many things happened...however the global situation has not slowed down our activities and  our fantastic group of dedicated volunteers has been very busy…
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17/03/2020

3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NON-IDEAL COMPRESSIBLE-FLUID DYNAMICS FOR PROPULSION AND POWER

The 3rd International Seminar on Non-Ideal Compressible-Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion & Power will be held on the 29th and 30th of October 2020 at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. NICFD 2020…
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17/02/2020

ORC EVENTS AT CITY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON: 6-7TH APRIL 2020

In April two exciting events focussed on ORC technology will be hosted at City, University of London. Details below. 6th April 2020: NextORC dissemination workshop Registration is free and can be…
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17/01/2020

News from the KCORC board – Janaury 2020

This meeting was the first of the new Board of Directors and I welcomed the new members, Dr. Henrik Öhman, Prof. Jürg Schiffman, Prof. Davide Ziviani, Prof. Sotirios Karellas, in…
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17/01/2020

ORC 2021 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The Technical University of Munich, and in particular Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Spliethoff and Dr.-Ing. Christoph Wieland of the Chair of Energy Systems, are honored by the opportunity of hosting the upcoming…
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17/12/2019

Grant to investigate new concept for aircraft engine and on-board power systems

The Propulsion and Power group of the TU Delft has received a conspicuous grant from NWO-TTW (the Applied and Engineering Sciences division of the Netherlands Organization for Science and Technology)…
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17/11/2019

News from the KCORC board – November 2019

This was the last meeting of the first Board of Directors of the KCORC foundation. For this reason, it was a quite crowded board meeting because also all the new…
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17/10/2019

Succesfull ORC2019 Conference

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), and in particular Professors Sotirios Karellas and Emmanuel Kakaras of the School of Mechanical Engineering, organized with great success ORC2019, the 5th International…
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17/09/2019

New chair of the KCORC Editorial Committee

Thanks to the great work of Sylvain Quoilin as chair of the Editorial Committee we have started to get increased online visibility through our website and via social media. In…
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17/08/2019

News from the KCORC board – August 2019

The board is very happy to announce that Dr. Henrik Öhman of Atlas Copco will join the board as Vice Chairman starting from January 1st, 2020. Henrik participated to this meeting for the first time…
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17/07/2019

News from the KCORC board – July 2019

Here are some news after several Board meetings. The new initiative of the workgroup on Standards and Regulations is well under way. There were two meetings of the group, and…
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17/07/2019

Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics

The Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics group has been estblished within ERCOFTAC (European Research Community On Flow Turbulence And Combustion).
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17/01/2019

News from the KCORC board – January 2019

During the last meeting that finished few moments ago we have talked about the collaboratorio with EORCC: we will join forces at our upcoming ORC2019 conference and we are committed to…
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17/12/2018

News from the KCORC board – December 2018

During the last board meeting which just ended, it was decided to issue a news item on the KCORC website to keep the membership informed on the Board activities. As…
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17/12/2018

Fourth call for proposal for KCORC scholarships

Because of the success of the third round of scholarships, the fourth call for proposals has been opened. Any student and researcher working in the field of ORC technology can apply…
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17/07/2018

NICFD 2018

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2nd International Seminar on Non-Ideal Compressible-Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion & Power, which will be held on the 4th and 5th of October 2018 in Bochum, Germany. NICFD 2018 is…
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17/06/2018

ORC technology research scholarships call for proposals

The ORC technology research scholarships are a competitive scholarship for students and researchers to pursue R&D projects in field of ORC technology. The scholarships are intended to enhance educational experience…
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17/02/2016

Turbomachinery Careers panel session at TurboExpo 2016

Dear IGTI committee members, The IGTI Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is looking for participants for a Turbo Expo 2016 panel session on Careers in Turbomachinery. The SAC is a committee…
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17/01/2016

Piero Colonna, Chairman of the Board of ASME IGTI

We proudly inform that one of our members, Prof. Piero Colonna, has just been appointed as the Chairman of the board of the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI). Piero Colonna…
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17/01/2016

ASME IGTI Board announces 2016/2017 scholarships and awards

The ASME IGTI Board is pleased to present the 2016-2017 Student Scholarship. The application can be found here and is due to ASME this June. The ASME IGTI Board has improved the…
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17/09/2015

We lost a highly esteemed colleague: Joost Brasz

Dear members of our community, It is with deep sorrow that I have to inform you that our highly esteemed colleague and past Vice Chair of the IGTI ORC Power…
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17/04/2015

AGGAT 2015 – Above Ground Geothermal Allied Technology Global Conference

AGGAT is holding the first global conference dedicated to above ground geothermal and allied technologies in Auckland in 2015.  This conference will have a strong focus on the ORC technology.
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17/04/2015

ORC power systems review article

A comprehensive review article on ORC power systems technology, including information on the history, state of the art, and possible future development, has been published on the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines…
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17/02/2015

ERC grant for NShock project of Alberto Guardone

A 1.5 million euro ERC grant has been awarded to Dr. Alberto Guardone, one of the members of the KCORC. The grant is devoted to the field of non-ideal compressible…
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17/02/2015

ORC technology research scholarships call for proposals

The ORC technology research scholarships are a competitive scholarship for students and researchers to pursue R&D projects in field of ORC technology. The scholarships are intended to enhance educational experience…
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17/01/2015

ICOPE 15 – International Conference on Power Engineering

The ICOPE 15 - International Conference on Power Engineering will take place in Yokohama, Japan, from November 30th to December 4th. The conference is organized by the Power and Energy…
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17/11/2014

International Workshop on ORC technologies and applications

On the 11th of December 2014 an International Workshop on ORC Technologies and Applications is being organised by the Renewable Energy Group of Agricultural University of Athens. The workshop will consist of: Presentation of…
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17/03/2014

ORC Sessions at the ASME TurboExpo Conference

For the first time, the ASME IGTI ORC Power Systems Committee is organising special sessions at ASME Turbo 2014 on ORC technology. Since our ORC conference takes place every two…
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17/10/2013

ASME Dedicated Service Award (DSA)

In 1983, the ASME Board of Governors approved the establishment of the ASME Dedicated Service Award (DSA). It honors unusual dedicated voluntary service to the Society marked by outstanding performance, demonstrated effective…
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17/10/2013

ORC technology meeting in Korea

A research network for ORC technology is being organised by Prof. Kyung Chun Kim in Korea. Members from universities, institutes and companies are invited. The first meeting will be held on October…
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17/07/2013

New point contact for the ASME ORC Commiittee

On June 28th 2013, Sylvain Quoilin was appointed Point Contact of the ASME IGTI ORC Power Systems Committe (COMM 26 Organic Rankine Cycle Power Systems). This committee will be responsible…
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17/04/2013

Approval of OP

The board of the ASME IGTI has approved the Operating Procedures of the ORC Power Systems committee on April 12th, 2013
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