TY - JOUR A1 - Dubberke, Frithjof H. A1 - Linnemann, Matthias A1 - Abbas, Wameedh Khider A1 - Baumhögger, Elmar A1 - Priebe, Klaus-Peter A1 - Roedder, Maximilian A1 - Neef, Matthias A1 - Vrabec, Jadran T1 - Experimental setup of a cascaded two-stage organic Rankine cycle JF - Applied Thermal Engineering N2 - In combination with a bottoming cycle, operated with a pure fluid in transcritical mode, the usage of a zeotropic mixture as a working fluid appears to be exergetically favorable for power cycle efficiency in cascaded two-stage organic Rankine cycles (CORC). A CORC is set up and initially tested with cyclopentane and propane as working fluids in its high temperature and low temperature cycle, respectively. A thermal oil cycle serves as the heat source and is powered electrically with a maximum heat flow of 158 kW. The design of this experimental setup allows for a rapid replacement of individual components and for a wide range of conditions in terms of fluids and thermodynamic states. The components of all cycles and the measurement and control technology are described in detail. A testing procedure is presented, followed by a discussion of the measurement results, where it is shown that the intended concept of two cascaded organic Rankine cycles is operational and that the measured data are consistent. KW - organic Rankine cycle KW - cascade KW - multicomponent working fluid KW - temperature-glide KW - pinch point KW - exergetice efficiency Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.11.137 VL - 131 SP - 958 EP - 964 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Roedder, Maximilian A1 - Neef, Matthias A1 - Laux, Christoph A1 - Priebe, Klaus-P. T1 - Systematic Fluid Selection for Organic Rankine Cycles and Performance Analysis for a Combined High and Low Temperature Cycle JF - Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power N2 - The organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is an established thermodynamic process that converts waste heat to electric energy. Due to the wide range of organic working fluids available the fluid selection adds an additional degree-of-freedom to the early design phase of an ORC process. Despite thermodynamic aspects such as the temperature level of the heat source, other technical, economic, and safety aspects have to be considered. For the fluid selection process in this paper, 22 criteria were identified in six main categories while distinguishing between elimination (EC) and tolerance criteria (TC). For an ORC design, the suggested method follows a practical engineering approach and can be used as a structured way to limit the number of interesting working fluids before starting a detailed performance analysis of the most promising candidates. For the first time, the selection process is applied to a two-stage reference cycle, which uses the waste heat of a large reciprocating engine for cogeneration power plants. It consists of a high temperature (HT) and a low temperature (LT) cycle in which the condensation heat of the HT cycle provides the heat input of the LT cycle. After the fluid selection process, the detailed thermodynamic cycle design is carried out with a thermodynamic design tool that also includes a database for organic working fluids. The investigated ORC cycle shows a net thermal efficiency of about 17.4% in the HT cycle with toluene as the working fluid and 6.2% in LT cycle with isobutane as the working fluid. The electric efficiency of the cogeneration plant increases from 40.4% to 46.97% with the both stages of the two-stage ORC in operation. KW - Gas Turbines KW - Cycle Innovations KW - Energy KW - Power systems KW - Fluids Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4031361 VL - 138 IS - 031701 EP - 3 PB - ASME ER -