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http://dx.doi.org/10.5916/jkosme.2014.38.9.1101

Design of a 100kW-class radial inflow turbine for ocean thermal energy conversion using R32  

Kim, Do-Yeop (Department of Marine System Engineering, Graduate School of Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
Kim, You Taek (Division of Marine System Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
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Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology / v.38, no.9, 2014 , pp. 1101-1105 More about this Journal
Abstract
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion(OTEC) which uses the temperature difference between warm surface sea-water and cold deep sea-water to produce electric power is the promising technology. OTEC is able to be utilized as the $CO_2$ reducing technology by using the consistent temperature differential, while the system efficiency is very low. Thus, the design and development of a efficient turbine is essential to improve the system efficiency for OTEC. In this study, a 100kW-class radial inflow turbine using R32 was designed for OTEC and this turbine's performance was estimated by analysis of CFD. According as the simulation results, turbine's geometry was corrected. The radial inflow turbine satisfying the requirements is designed by the repeated attempts.
Keywords
Radial inflow turbine; Ocean thermal energy conversion; Organic rankine cycle;
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