Advanced exergoeconomic assessment of a solar-driven Kalina cycle

A Kalina cycle driven by solar energy resource is evaluated by conventional exergy and exergoeconomic analysis methods. Because conventional exergy analyses isn't able to give information about costs of the irreversibilities and investment, advanced exergy is investigated. Based on the conventional exergy analyses, the most exergy destruction occurs in a heater with a value of 94.44 kW. Also the highest exergy efficiencies are related to the separator and turbine with the values of 99.67% and 89.81%, respectively. Advanced exergy analyses demonstrates absorber (1.3 $/h) and one of the pumps (0.009 $/h) have the highest and lowest exergy destruction cost rate, respectively. Also the results show turbine (85.88%) and separator (1.105%) have the highest and lowest exergoeconomic factor, respectively. Finally, in order to determine optimum point of the inlet temperatures and pressure ratio of the pumps and turbine (rotary machines), a parametric study is applied at different stages.