期刊
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
卷 185, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116363
关键词
Waste heat recovery; Organic Rankine cycle; Thermodynamic analysis; Thermal efficiency; Exergy efficiency
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51976148]
The study proposed a novel partial evaporating dual-pressure ORC system and investigated the impact of key parameters on system performance through a mathematical model. Results showed that there is an optimal evaporating temperature in the evaporators to achieve maximum power output and efficiency, and proper energy distribution can improve system performance.
The organic Rankine cycle (ORC) has been proven as one of the most effective technologies for low-grade heat recovery. However, its efficiency is limited due to exergy losses caused by the large temperature difference between the heat source and working fluid in the evaporator. To enhance the ORC system efficiency, in this paper, a novel partial evaporating dual-pressure ORC (PEDORC) system is proposed. A mathematical model is developed to evaluate the system thermal characteristics and investigate the effects of key parameters (e.g. evaporating temperature, quality, superheat temperature, energy distribution) on the system performance. Results show that an optimal evaporating temperature in the evaporators exists to achieve the maximum net power output and exergy efficiency. However, the system thermal efficiency increases as the evaporating temperature increases. Furthermore, the best thermal performance occurs when the thermal energy is properly distributed in the evaporators I and II. The performance of the proposed PEDORC system is further compared with the simple ORC (SORC) and basic dual-pressure ORC (BDORC) systems. The results show that the net power output and exergy efficiency of the proposed PEDORC system are increased by up to 27% and 4.6%, respectively, in comparison to the SORC system. By comparing with the BDORC system, the net power output and exergy efficiency of the proposed system are increased by up to 9.2% and 4%, respectively, and the Levelized Cost of Electricity is reduced by up to 4%. These analyses demonstrate that the proposed PEDORC system is an effective means to recover low-grade thermal energy.
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