Journal
APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 87, Issue 11, Pages 3366-3373Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.05.016
Keywords
Zeotropic mixture; Rankine cycle; Solar; Low temperature
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- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
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The paper presents an on site experimental study of a low-temperature solar Rankine cycle system for power generation. The cycle performances of pure fluid M-1 (R245fa) and zeotropic mixtures M-2 (R245fa/R152a, 0.9/0.1) and M-3 (R245fa/R152a, 0.7/0.3) are compared, respectively, based on the experimental prototype. The experiments have been conducted under constant volume flow rate of different fluids. The results show that, with the component of R152a increasing, the system pressure level increases and the power output varies accordingly, which provides an additional means of capacity adjustment. The collector efficiency and thermal efficiency of zeotropic mixtures are comparatively higher than pure fluid of R245fa in the experimental condition, which indicates that zeotropic mixtures have the potential for overall efficiency improvement. Due to the non-isothermal condensation of zeotropic mixture, the condensing heat could be partially recovered by adding an external heat exchanger. Thus, compared with pure fluid R245fa the system overall efficiency of zeotropic mixtures could be improved. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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