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ENTROPY
Volume 23, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/e23080954
Keywords
organic Rankine cycle; zeotropic mixture; exergy-based analysis; multi-objective optimization
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This paper evaluates the performance of an organic Rankine cycle with zeotropic mixtures as working fluids using exergy-based methods and multi-objective optimization. Different mixtures were analyzed for their thermodynamic, economic, and environmental performances, with results showing varied advantages in each aspect.
In this paper, the performance of an organic Rankine cycle with a zeotropic mixture as a working fluid was evaluated using exergy-based methods: exergy, exergoeconomic, and exergoenvironmental analyses. The effect of system operation parameters and mixtures on the organic Rankine cycle's performance was evaluated as well. The considered performances were the following: exergy efficiency, specific cost, and specific environmental effect of the net power generation. A multi-objective optimization approach was applied for parametric optimization. The approach was based on the particle swarm algorithm to find a set of Pareto optimal solutions. One final optimal solution was selected using a decision-making method. The optimization results indicated that the zeotropic mixture of cyclohexane/toluene had a higher thermodynamic and economic performance, while the benzene/toluene zeotropic mixture had the highest environmental performance. Finally, a comparative analysis of zeotropic mixtures and pure fluids was conducted. The organic Rankine cycle with the mixtures as working fluids showed significant improvement in energetic, economic, and environmental performances.
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