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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2014.38.12.1057

Design and Configuration of 200kW Organic Rankine Cycle Turbine  

Han, Sangjo (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Science and Technology)
Seo, JongBeom (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Science and Technology)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.38, no.12, 2014 , pp. 1057-1064 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, there has been a growing interest in sustainable energy. One method that has been used is an organic Rankine cycle using conventional turbine technology with a low-temperature waste heat source. A 200-kW organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system was designed for a waste heat recovery application using R245fa as the working fluid. A radial turbine running at 15,000 rpm was employed to generate more than 200 kW with an expansion ratio of nine. Because an ORC turbine uses a refrigerant as the working fluid, the ideal gas law was not employed to design the turbine. In addition, the complexity of the molecular structure of R245fa made it difficult to design the turbine. Because R245fa has an Ma value of one at a low velocity for the working fluid (about 1/3 of the speed of sound in air) at about $100^{\circ}C$, it easily reaches a supersonic flow condition with a small pressure expansion. To increase the efficiency of the turbine, a dual stage radial-type turbine with a subsonic speed was suggested. This paper will describe the design procedure and performance evaluation of the ORC turbine using R245fa.
Keywords
ORC; Turbine; Renewable Energy;
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