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http://dx.doi.org/10.5293/kfma.2013.16.3.010

A Study on the Organic Rankine Cycle Using R245fa  

Cho, Soo-Yong (Gyeongsang National University, Research Center for Aircraft Parts Technology)
Cho, Chong-Hyun (Suntech, R&D center)
Kim, Jinhan (Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Turbopump Department)
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The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery / v.16, no.3, 2013 , pp. 10-17 More about this Journal
Abstract
The organic Rankine cycle has been widely used to convert the renewable energy such as the solar energy, the geothermal energy, or the waste energy etc., to the electric power. Some previous studies focused to find what kind of refrigerant would be a best working fluid for the organic Rankine cycle. In this study, R245fa was chosen to the working fluid, and the cycle analysis was conducted for the output power of 30kW or less. In addition, properties (temperature, pressure, entropy, and enthalpy etc.) of the working fluid on the cycle were predicted when the turbine output power was controlled by adjusting the mass flowrate. The configuration of the turbine was a radial-type and the supersonic nozzles were applied as the stator. So, the turbine was operated in partial admission. The turbine efficiency and the optimum velocity ratio were considered in the cycle analysis for the low partial admission rate. The computed results show that the system efficiency is affected by the partial admission rate more than the temperature of the evaporator.
Keywords
Organic Rankine Cycle; Cycle Analysis; Refrigerant; Radial Turbine; Partial Admission;
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