不同工质对太阳能有机朗肯循环系统性能的影响

循环工质的特性是影响有机朗肯循环系统性能的重要因素之一,在不同的蒸发温度条件下,选取R600、R600a、R245fa、R236fa、R236ea、R601、R601a、RC318及R227ea共9种有机工质,基于热力学第一定律和第二定律对其热力循环特性进行了计算分析,并对各有机工质的蒸发压力、热效率、功比和不可逆损失等进行了比较.结果表明：R245fa作为太阳能低温热发电朗肯循环系统的循环工质具有较高的热效率和效率,并且产生的系统总不可逆损失较小,是一种较理想的有机工质;其次,R236fa和R236ea作为系统循环工质也具有较为良好的性能.     

Energetic and exergetic analysis of waste heat recovery from a microturbine using organic Rankine cycles

This article examines the exhaust waste heat recovery potential of a microturbine (MT) using an organic Rankine cycle (ORC). Possible improvements in electric and exergy efficiencies as well as specific emissions by recovering waste heat from the MT exhaust gases are determined. Different dry organic working fluids are considered during the evaluation (R113, R123, R245fa, and R236fa). In general, it has been found that the use of an ORC to recover waste heat from MTs improves the combined electric and exergy efficiencies for all the evaluated fluids, obtaining increases of an average of 27% when the ORC was operated using R113 as the working fluid. It has also been found that higher ORC evaporator effectiveness values correspond to lower pinch point temperature differences and higher exergy efficiencies. Three different MT sizes were evaluated, and the results indicate that the energetic and exergetic performance as well as the reduction of specific emissions of a combined MT‐ORC is better for small MT power outputs than for larger MTs. This article also shows how the electric efficiency can be used to ascertain under which circumstances the use of a combined MT‐ORC will result in better cost, primary energy consumption, or emission reduction when compared with buying electricity directly from electric utilities. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

有机朗肯循环与再热式循环低温热源发电系统热力性能研究

针对120℃以下的低温余热热源,探讨了基本有机郎肯循环发电系统和再热式有机朗肯循环发电系统模型的基本原理.从热力学第一定律角度出发,研究了纯工质R245fa和非共沸混合工质R21/R245fa在基本有机郎肯循环系统中,以及纯工质R245fa在再热式有机郎肯循环系统中,三种形式的有机郎肯循环系统热力性能随蒸发温度的变化情况.与纯工质基本有机郎肯循环系统相比,再热式有机郎肯循环最大可提高系统净输出功7.08％,而混合工质对提高整个系统热力性能具有较大的优势,净输出功和热效率最大可提高4.67％和2.91％.     

有机工质低温余热发电系统多目标优化设计

针对现有有机朗肯循环单目标优化设计的局限性,从热力性、经济性等多方面对有机工质低温余热发电系统进行多目标优化设计.以系统效率最大和总投资费用最小为目标函数,选取透平进口温度、透平进口压力、余热锅炉节点温差、接近点温差和冷凝器端差等5个关键热力参数作为决策变量,利用非支配解排序遗传算法(NSGA-II)分别对采用R123、R245fa和异丁烷的有机工质余热发电系统进行多目标优化,获得不同工质的多目标优化的最优解集(Pareto最优前沿),并采用理想点辅助法从最优解集中选择出最优解及相应的系统最佳热力参数组合.结果表明:在给定余热条件下,从热力性能和经济性两方面考虑,R245fa是最优的有机工质,从多目标优化的最优解集中选择出的最佳效率为10.37%,最小总投资费用为455.84万元.     

采用不同工质的高温复合热泵开水器特性研究

热泵开水器具有较高的能源利用效率,是公共场所电加热开水装置的理想替代品。从提高能源效率和一机两用的角度,构建了一种高温复合热泵开水器系统。建立了系统热力学模型,选R236fa、R245fa、R365mfc、R245ca、RC318和R236ea等6种较高临界温度的制冷工质,通过能量分析和[火用]分析的方法,探讨了不同制冷工质对高温复合热泵开水器系统性能的影响。研究结果表明:R245fa作为工质的高温复合热泵开水器系统具有最佳的性能,而以RC318作为工质的系统性能最差。在给定工况下,R245fa作为工质系统制热性能系数(COP_h)为2.47,而其制冷性能系数(COP_c)为3.37,[火用]损失和[火用]效率分别为9.47 kW和49.07%;与R245fa相比,RC318作为工质系统的总能耗增加了39.53%。     

基于动态透平效率的有机朗肯循环性能分析及优化

常规有机朗肯循环(ORC)中透平效率多假设为定值,而实际上透平效率因工质种类和运行参数的不同而有较大差异。因此,采用向心透平效率计算模型,将动态透平效率与ORC系统耦合,分析透平效率随蒸发温度与冷凝温度的变化规律,比较固定透平效率与动态透平效率ORC系统热效率的差异。综合考虑热力性与经济性,采用多目标优化算法,对固定透平效率与动态透平效率ORC系统进行工质筛选及参数优化,并对优化结果进行分析比较。结果表明:透平效率随蒸发温度的下降或者冷凝温度升高而增大;不同工质及不同蒸发冷凝温度条件下,透平效率差异较大,最大达0.148。固定透平效率ORC系统与动态透平效率ORC系统的热效率随蒸发温度的变化规律有较大差异,尤其在高蒸发温度区间更为明显。对于固定透平效率ORC系统,R245ca和R236ea为最佳工质;而对于动态透平效率ORC系统,R114为最佳工质。在引入动态透平效率前后,各工质的最佳蒸发温度与最佳冷凝温度也有较大变化。     

A combined power and ejector refrigeration cycle for low temperature heat sources

A combined power and ejector refrigeration cycle for low temperature heat sources is under investigation in this paper. The proposed cycle combines the organic Rankine cycle and the ejector refrigeration cycle. The ejector is driven by the exhausts from the turbine to produce power and refrigeration simultaneously. A simulation was carried out to analyze the cycle performance using R245fa as the working fluid. A thermal efficiency of 34.1%, an effective efficiency of 18.7% and an exergy efficiency of 56.8% can be obtained at a generating temperature of 395 K, a condensing temperature of 298 K and an evaporating temperature of 280 K. Simulation results show that the proposed cycle has a big potential to produce refrigeration and most exergy losses take place in the ejector.     

新型城市低温地热冷热电联产系统热力性能分析

为节约及合理利用能源,提高城市能量总能系统利用率,基于有机朗肯循环(ORC)和冷热电联产(CCHP),提出了一种新型的城市低温地热冷热电联产系统(以下简称ORC-CCHP系统)。根据热力学第一、第二定律,建立了热力学模型,编写计算机程序进行了系统的热力性能分析。结果表明:采用R245fa、LiBr溶液作为ORCCCHP系统循环工质时,选择窄点温差较小蒸发器可获得更高火用效率;增加太阳能集/蓄热系统,提高热流参数,减小换热温差,可进一步提升系统热力学性能;系统分别采用5种不同有机工质时,R236fa使系统的热力性能达到最佳,并在蒸发压力为0. 62 MPa、窄点温差为0 K时,ORC-CCHP系统获得最大净输出功为1 948 kW,系统火用效率为19. 28%,系统火用效率最高值为85. 78%。     

Thermodynamic analysis of double‐stage biomass fired Organic Rankine Cycle for micro‐cogeneration

A biomass fired double‐stage Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for micro‐cogeneration is studied. Focus is laid on optimizing thermal efficiency in summer mode by appropriate working fluid and pressure level selection. Simulation and thermodynamic analysis show that in double‐stage ORC, the working fluid in the low‐temperature circuit (LTC) effects total efficiency more than the working fluid in the high‐temperature circuit (HTC). Within the chosen boundary conditions, isopentane gives best thermal efficiency, whereas R227ea is the least efficient in the LTC. Among the working fluids for the HTC, maximum total efficiency is similar for several working fluids. Simulations demonstrate that a prediction of thermal efficiencies with respect to physico‐chemical characteristics of different working fluids is only feasible within certain chemical classes. In the HTC, low critical temperature, low molar mass, and high critical pressure increase the efficiency, whereas in the LTC, condensation pressure is most crucial for high efficiency. Constructional analysis indicate that in the majority of cases, an increase in thermal efficiency is connected with high‐volume flow rates at the outlet of the turbine, which leads to voluminous expansion units and high investment costs, respectively. Appropriate working fluid combinations within a double‐stage ORC reach total efficiencies of up to 35% at flue gas temperatures from 950 to 150 °C. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

亚临界有机朗肯循环系统的热经济分析与优化

以系统发电成本(electricity production cost,EPC)为评价指标,对用于回收工业锅炉烟气余热的有机朗肯循环(ORC)系统进行了热经济分析与优化。结果表明,随着蒸发器和冷凝器节点温差的增大,系统发电成本先减小、再增大,即存在一组最优的蒸发器和冷凝器节点温差使发电成本最小。分别以纯工质R245fa和R236ea、非共沸混合工质R141b/RC318和乙烷/丁烷为循环工质,得到了最小发电成本时有机朗肯循环系统的最优工作参数,以及对应的系统净输出功、热效率和火用效率。     

利用地热能的双压有机朗肯循环性能分析

根据地热利用系统回灌的要求,对热源在系统出口处的温度进行限制,研究了双压有机朗肯循环（DPORC）中的热量分配以及随运行时间的系统性能变化,针对5种不同的有机工质进行了计算分析。研究表明：系统热力学性能的最大值和有机工质流量的最小值在同样的k值（热源提供给高压循环的热量与热源为DPORC提供的热量比）处获得。而采用R600和R245fa系统的净输出功率较大;相比R601,采用R245fa可以将系统的净输出功率提高168.06 kW（5.55%）,热效率和效率分别可提高0.70%和2.86%。相比于单压有机朗肯循环（SPORC）,DPORC可以有效减小系统随运行时间净输出功率降低的幅度。经过40 a的运行,采用R601的系统净输出功率降低幅度最低（428.11 kW, 14.14%）,而采用R600系统的净输出功率降低幅度最大（526.75 kW, 16.55%）。     

Effect of dry hydrocarbons and critical point temperature on the efficiencies of organic Rankine cycle

Higher efficiencies and optimal utilization of geothermal energy require a careful selection of the working fluid in organic Rankine cycles (ORC). The objectives of this study are to analyze and explain the effect of using alternative dry fluids on the efficiencies of the ORC and compare them with other refrigerants. In addition, the effect of the critical temperature on the thermal and exergetic efficiencies will also be determined. Results showed that iso-pentane is a good replacement for R-113, while neo-pentane outperformed C₅F₁₂. In addition, n-butane showed better efficiency than RC-318, R-236fa, and R-245fa. The best working fluid in the studied system was n-hexane, while R-227ea was the worst. It was also found that efficiencies correlate with the critical temperature of the working fluid where a strong functionality was noticed in the studied range. The contribution of the evaporator to the total exergy destruction was the most relevant, while the pump contribution was marginal. It is concluded that thermodynamically, hydrocarbons are superior to some refrigerants and could be the next generation working fluids for geothermal or waste heat recovery systems.     

低温地热发电有机朗肯循环的优化

采用(火用)分析方法及PR状态方程,建立了低温地热发电有机朗肯循环的工质优选及主要参数优化热力学方法.比较计算了以10种干流体有机工质为循环工质的低温地热发电有机朗肯循环的输出功率、(火用)效率及其余主要热力性能.结果表明,低温地热发电有机朗肯循环的性能极大地受工质的物性及蒸发温度的影响.总体来看,随着工质临界温度的升...     

Optimum composition ratios of multicomponent mixtures of organic Rankine cycle for engine waste heat recovery

With the temperature glide in saturation states, the mixture working fluids have the advantages in thermal energy conversion. In this study, through the investigation in optimum mass fractions of multicomponent mixture working fluids, the economic performance enhancement of the organic Rankine cycle system is obtained for recovering waste heat from engine. The zero ozone-depletion-potential and dry working fluids of R236fa, R245fa, and R1336mzz(Z) are selected as the components of multicomponent mixtures in the system. The net power output, heat transfer calculation, and apparatus cost evaluation are employed to evaluate the power cost of the organic Rankine cycle system. Parameters of temperatures of waste heat sources and efficiencies of expanders are taken into account. The comparisons of economic performances for single-component working fluid and multicomponent mixtures with optimum mass fractions are proposed. The results show that R245fa, having a levelized cost of energy, LCOE, of 8.75 × 10⁻² $/kW-h, performs the best for single-component working fluids, better than R236fa by 1.6% and R1336mzz(Z) by 8.3%. All the two-component mixtures are superior to their single-component working fluids in economic performance. Among the three two-component mixture working fluids, R1336mzz(Z)/R236fa has the lowest LCOE_min, 8.57 × 10⁻² $/kW-h, followed by R236fa/R245fa and R245fa/R1336mzz(Z). In addition, R236fa/R245fa/R1336mzz(Z) mixture, which has a LCOE_min of 8.47 × 10⁻² $/kW-h, economically outperforms all other working fluids and has a lower LCOE_min than R236fa/R245fa by 1.7% and R245fa/R1336mzz(Z) by 2%.     

Candidate radial-inflow turbines and high-density working fluids for geothermal power systems

Optimisation of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORCs) for binary-cycle geothermal applications could play a major role in determining the competitiveness of low to moderate temperature geothermal resources. Part of this optimisation process is matching cycles to a given resource such that power output can be maximised. Two major and largely interrelated components of the cycle are the working fluid and the turbine. Both components need careful consideration: the selection of working fluid and appropriate operating conditions as well as optimisation of the turbine design for those conditions will determine the amount of power that can be extracted from a resource. In this paper, we present the rationale for the use of radial-inflow turbines for ORC applications and the preliminary design of several radial-inflow machines based on a number of promising ORC systems that use five different working fluids: R134a, R143a, R236fa, R245fa and n-Pentane. Preliminary meanline analysis lead to the generation of turbine designs for the various cycles with similar efficiencies (77%) but large differences in dimensions (139-289 mm rotor diameter). The highest performing cycle, based on R134a, was found to produce 33% more net power from a 150 °C resource flowing at 10 kg/s than the lowest performing cycle, based on n-Pentane.     

The exergy of the ocean thermal resource and analysis of second-law efficiencies of idealized ocean thermal energy conversion power cycles

We develop a fomula here to compute the maximum amount of work which can be extracted from a given combined mass of warm and cold ocean water (a quantity called the exergy of the ocean thermal resource). We then compare the second-law efficiencies of various proposed ocean thermal energy conversion power cycles to determine which best utilizes the exergy of the ocean thermal resource. The second-law efficiencies of the multicomponent working fluid cycle, the Beck cycle, and the open and closed single- and multiple-stage Rankine cycles are compared. These types of OTEC power plants are analyzed in a consistent manner, which assumes that all deviations from a plant making use of all the exergy (one with a second-law efficiency of 100%) occur because of irreversible transfer of heat across a finite temperature difference. Conversion of thermal energy to other forms is assumed to occur reversibly. The comparison of second-law efficiencies of various OTEC power cycles shows that the multistage Rankine open cycle with just three stages has the potential of best using the exergy of the ocean thermal resource.     

Design and thermodynamic analysis of supercritical CO2 reheating recompression Brayton cycle coupled with lead‐based reactor

A reheating process is generally incorporated in a supercritical CO₂ (S‐CO₂) Brayton cycle to enhance its efficiency. The heat transfer process from the reactor coolant to the working fluid of the power cycle is a key issue encountered when designing reheating power systems for the lead‐based reactor. The traditional reheating system, called RH‐1, utilizes an intermediate coolant circuit. In this paper, a novel reheating system, called RH‐2, is proposed. It eliminates the intermediate coolant circuit and combines the processes of the primary heating and reheating in a single heat exchanger. A thermodynamic analysis of three different systems for the lead‐based reactor integrated with the S‐CO₂ power cycle with or without reheating was conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed system. The results confirmed that the performance of RH‐2 was the best of all the three systems. Under the same reactor conditions, the system efficiency of RH‐2 was greater than those of RH‐1 and the recompression (no reheating) system by 1.2% and 1.7%, respectively. RH‐2 could also maintain higher efficiency when the main operating parameters varied. The efficiency of RH‐2 was higher at different core outlet temperatures and split ratios. The maximum efficiency at optimal maximum pressure of RH‐2 was greater than those of the other two systems. RH‐2 was less sensitive to the variations in the isentropic efficiencies of the components than the other two systems, while the turbine isentropic efficiency demonstrated a significantly higher impact on the system efficiency than the two compressors (approximately 3.8 times).     

Exergetic analysis of various types of geothermal power plants

Based on available surveys, it has been shown that Iran has substantial geothermal potential in the north and north-western provinces, where in some places the temperature reaches 240 °C. In order to better exploit these renewable resources, it is necessary to study this area. Thus, the aim of this paper is a comparative study of the different geothermal power plant concepts, based on the exergy analysis for high-temperature geothermal resources. The considered cycles for this study are a binary geothermal power plant using a simple organic Rankine cycle (ORC), a binary geothermal power plant using an ORC with an internal heat exchanger (IHE), a binary cycle with a regenerative ORC, a binary cycle with a regenerative ORC with an IHE, a single-flash geothermal power plant, a double-flash geothermal power plant and a combined flash-binary power plant. With respect to each cycle, a thermodynamic model had to be developed. Model validation was undertaken using available data from the literature. Based on the exergy analysis, a comparative study was done to clarify the best cycle configuration. The performance of each cycle has been discussed in terms of the second-law efficiency, exergy destruction rate, and first-law efficiency. Comparisons between the different geothermal power plant concepts as well as many approaches to define efficiencies have been presented. The maximum first-law efficiency was found to be related to the ORC with an IHE with R123 as the working fluid and was calculated to be 7.65%. In contrast, the first-law efficiency based on the energy input into the ORC revealed that the binary cycle with the regenerative ORC with an IHE and R123 as the working fluid has the highest efficiency (15.35%). Also, the maximum first-law efficiency was shown to be given by the flash-binary with R123 as the working fluid and was calculated to be 11.81%.     

Finite time thermodynamic analysis of an irreversible regenerative closed cycle brayton heat engine

This communication presents the parametric study of an irreversible regenerative Brayton cycle with nonisentropic compression and expansion processes for finite heat capacitance rates of external reservoirs. The power output of the cycle is maximized with respect to the working fluid temperatures and the expressions for maximum power output and the corresponding thermal efficiency are obtained. The effect of the effectiveness of the various heat exchangers and the efficiencies of the turbine and compressor, the reservoir temperature ratio and the heat capacitance rate of heating and cooling fluids and the cycle working fluid on the power output and the corresponding thermal efficiency has been studied. It is seen the effect of cold side effectiveness is more pronounced for the power output while the effect of regenerative effectiveness is more pronounced for the thermal efficiency. It is found that the effect of turbine efficiency is more than the compressor efficiency on the performance of these cycles. It is also found that the effect of sink-side heat capacitance rate is more pronounced than the heat capacitance rate on the source side and the heat capacitance rate of the working fluid.     

Preliminary analysis of compound systems based on high temperature fuel cell, gas turbine and Organic Rankine Cycle

This article presents a novel proposal for complex hybrid systems comprising high temperature fuel cells and thermal engines. In this case, the system is composed by a molten carbonate fuel cell with cascaded hot air turbine and Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), a layout that is based on subsequent waste heat recovery for additional power production. The work will credit that it is possible to achieve 60% efficiency even if the fuel cell operates at atmospheric pressure.The first part of the analysis focuses on selecting the working fluid of the Organic Rankine Cycle. After a thermodynamic optimisation, toluene turns out to be the most efficient fluid in terms of cycle performance. However, it is also detected that the performance of the heat recovery vapour generator is equally important, what makes R245fa be the most interesting fluid due to its balanced thermal and HRVG efficiencies that yield the highest global bottoming cycle efficiency. When this fluid is employed in the compound system, conservative operating conditions permit achieving 60% global system efficiency, therefore accomplishing the initial objective set up in the work.A simultaneous optimisation of gas turbine (pressure ratio) and ORC (live vapour pressure) is then presented, to check if the previous results are improved or if the fluid of choice must be replaced. Eventually, even if system performance improves for some fluids, it is concluded that (i) R245fa is the most efficient fluid and (ii) the operating conditions considered in the previous analysis are still valid.The work concludes with an assessment about safety-related aspects of using hydrocarbons in the system. Flammability is studied, showing that R245fa is the most interesting fluid also in this regard due to its inert behaviour, as opposed to the other fluids under consideration all of which are highly flammable.