Control of Organic Rankine Cycle Systems on board Heavy-Duty Vehicles: a Survey

Abstract Organic Rankine Cycle systems onboard heavy- duty vehicles require effective control to ensure safety and attain satisfactory performance over a broad range of operating conditions. Publications on this subject, however, are surprisingly scarce. After an overview of the different ORC architectures proposed so far, this paper presents the main features required for supervision and control and the most promising solutions in the literature.