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http://dx.doi.org/10.5916/jkosme.2011.35.1.046

A Study on the Improvement for Cycle Efficiency of Closed-type OTEC  

Lee, Ho-Saeng (한국해양연구원 해양구조물.플랜트연구부)
Kim, Hyeon-Ju (한국해양연구원 해양구조물.플랜트연구부)
Jung, Dong-Ho (한국해양연구원 해양구조물.플랜트연구부)
Moon, Deok-Soo (한국해양연구원 해양구조물.플랜트연구부)
Abstract
A study on the improvement for cycle efficiency of closed-type ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) was studied to obtain the basic data for the optimal design of cycle. For that, OTEC cycle with a generator, a reheater and a multi-turbine was simulated and analyzed. The basic thermodynamic model for OTEC is Rankine cycle and the surface seawater of $26^{\circ}C$ and deep seawater of $5^{\circ}C$ were used for the heat source of evaporator and condenser, respectively. Ammonia is used as the working fluid. The cycle efficiency increased when generator is added with 0.9 generator effectiveness. When the reheater and multi-turbine are applied in the basic cycle, the cycle efficiency showed 3.14% and the capacity of heat exchanger decreased for same total cycle power. For the OTEC cycle with the generator, the reheater and the multi-turbine showed the highest cycle efficiency and increased the efficiency by more than 6.5% comparing with the basic OTEC cycle.
Keywords
Rankine cycle; Closed type ocean thermal energy conversion; Deep seawater;
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