Abstract: The stator vanes of high-temperature organic Rankine cycle (ORC) radial-inflow turbines (RIT) operate under severe expansion ratios and the associated fluid-dynamic losses account for nearly two-thirds of the total losses ...

Abstract: Currently, most of the adjoint-based design systems documented in the open literature assume that the fluid behaves as an ideal gas, are restricted to the optimization of a single row of blades, or are not suited to impose ...