In the expansion step of the working fluid in transcritical cycles, as in subcritical ones, the working fluid can be discharged either in wet or dry conditions.
Typical dry expansions are those involving organic or other unconventional working fluids, which are characterized by non-negligible molecular complexities and high molecular weights.
The expansion step occurs in turbines: depending on the application and on the nameplate power produced by the power plant, both axial turbines and radial turbines can be exploited during fluid expansion. Axial turbines favour lower rotational speed and higher power production, while radial turbines are suitable for limited powers produced and high rotational speed.
Organic cycles are appropriate choices for low enthalpy applications and are characterized by higher average densities across the expanders than those occurring in transcritical steam cycles: for this reason a low blade height is normally designed  and the volumetric flow rate is kept limited to relatively small values. On the other hand in large scale application scenarios the expander blades typically show heights that exceed one meter and that are exploited in the steam cycles. Here, in fact, the fluid density at the outlet of the last expansion stage is significantly low.
In general, the specific work of the cycle is expressed as:
Even though the specific work of any cycle is strongly dependent on the actual working fluid considered in the cycle, transcritical cycles are expected to exhibit higher specific works than the corresponding subcritical and supercritical counterparts (i.e., that exploit the same working fluid). For this reason, at fixed boundary conditions, power produced and working fluid, a lower mass flow rate is expected in transcritical cycles than in other configurations.