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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Orcan Energy Ag, München, DE;
Orcan Energy AG, München, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for controlling ORC stacks with a total number nof individually operable ORC modules, said method comprising the following steps: determining the running time remaining until the next servicing time for each operable ORC module respectively; determining a target number nof ORC modules to be operated; comparing said target number nto an actual number nof currently operated ORC modules; when n>n, connecting a number n−nof ORC modules that corresponds to the difference between the target number and the actual number, where the ORC modules with the longest remaining running times of the ORC modules currently not being operated are connected; and/or when n<n, disconnecting a number n−nof ORC modules that corresponds to the difference between the actual number and the target number, where the ORC modules with the shortest remaining running times of the ORC modules currently being operated are disconnected; and/or when n=n, connecting the ORC module with the longest remaining running time Δtof the ORC modules not currently being operated, and disconnecting the ORC module with the shortest remaining running time Δtof the ORC modules currently being operated, if Δt>Δt.