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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 124280, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/124280
Research Article
Modeling Small Scale Solar Powered ORC Unit for Standalone Application
1Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Via Plinio 44, 00193 Roma, Italy
2Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Via S.M.in Gradi n.4, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
3Enertecna s.r.l., Via della Polveriera 14, 00184 Roma, Italy
Received 17 October 2012; Accepted 15 November 2012
Academic Editor: Maurizio Carlini
Copyright © 2012 Enrico Bocci et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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