The Laboratory of Organic Rankine Cycles and their Applications (LORCA) focuses primarily on the development and testing of
device prototypes based on the principle of the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) and on cooperation with industry in the form of
technical consulting.
We have developed and marketed (including the necessary certifications) the WAVE technology, which is a biomass cogeneration
unit in a container design operating on the ORC principle. Simply put, it is a wood chip boiler that produces 8 kW of electricity
in addition to heat (120 kW). Other research activities concern in particular the combination of heat cycles, the development
of expanders for these cycles and the possibility of storing electricity using so-called Carnot battery principle, etc.
In the development of the WAVE technology, we have gained a lot of experience in the field of individual technology units.
We use this experience in cooperation with industry in the form of technical consultancy. We are able to help industrial companies
or other entities with partial and complex technical problems not only in the energy sector.
Cogeneration unit WAVE 120
Biomass cogeneration unit with a thermal output of 120 kW and an electrical output of 6 kW.
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Ing. Jakub Maščuch, Ph.D.
Deputy head of the Building Energy Systems research department and head of the LORCA research team
David Hromka
Researcher
Ing. Petr Mydlil
Researcher
Ing. Václav Novotný
Researcher
Ing. et Ing. Jan Pavlíčko
Researcher
Martin Simandl
Technician
Ing. Daniel Suchna
Researcher
Ing. Jiří Šantín
Researcher
Ing. Jan Špale
Researcher
Bc. Michal Tobiáš
Researcher
Ing. Václav Vodička, Ph.D.
Researcher
Ing. Zbyněk Zelený
Researcher
