From 1885 To Nowadays: A (Short) Techno-historical Review Of Solar Organic Rankine Cycle Systems

Since the first solar ORC system built by Charles Tellier in 1885, hundreds of solar ORC systems have been imagined, built, tested, operated and, in most cases, abandoned along the past century. Aiming to emphasize the technical maturity of these existing but yet little-known works, this paper presents some of the most innovative technological developments of SORC thanks to six existing examples. These systems have been selected to cover various sizes, technology and applications, from the end of XIXth century to nowadays.