Systematic Fluid Selection for Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC) and Performance Analysis for a Combined High and Low Temperature Cycle
- 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 and tolerance criteria. 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 powerThe 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 and tolerance criteria. 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 and a low temperature cycle in which the condensation heat of the high temperature (HT) cycle provides the heat input of the low temperature (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 high temperature cycle with Toluene as the working fluid and 6,2% in low temperature cycle with iso-Butane 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.…
Author: | Maximilian Rödder, Matthias Neef, Christoph Laux, Klaus-P. Priebe |
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Fachbereich/Einrichtung: | Hochschule Düsseldorf / Fachbereich - Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Year of Completion: | 2015 |
Language of Publication: | English |
Publisher: | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Creating Corporation: | International Gas Turbine Institute |
Parent Title (English): | Volume 3: Coal, Biomass and Alternative Fuels; Cycle Innovations; Electric Power; Industrial and Cogeneration |
Related URL: | https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/GT/proceedings/GT2015/56673/Montreal, Quebec, Canada/236733 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2015-42432 |
ISBN: | 978-0-7918-5667-3 |
Licence (German): | keine Lizenz - nur Metadaten |
Release Date: | 2020/01/21 |