• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.1057-1064
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• 2014

최근 전세계적으로 재생에너지의 관심이 증가하고 있다. 그 중 많은 관심을 받고 있는 것이 상대적으로 낮은 온도의 폐열을 사용하는 유기랭킨사이클(ORC)이다. 유기랭킨사이클은 기존의 증기터빈사이클과 유사한 기술을 사용하지만 낮은 온도의 폐열을 사용하기 위해서 증기대신 냉매를 작동유체로 사용한다. 작동유체를 냉매로 사용함으로 인해 이상기체 가정을 사용할 수 없고, 이는 ORC 시스템에 이용되는 터빈의 설계를 좀 더 복잡하게 만든다. 또, 냉매의 큰 분자량과 복잡한 분자구조로 인하여 낮은 음속을 가지게 되고 이로 인해서 쉽게 초킹 조건에 접근하게 된다. 본 연구에서 R245fa를 작동유체로 하여 입구온도 $124^{\circ}$에 팽창비 9 의 조건에서 터빈의 효율을 증가시키기 위해 다단으로 설계된 아음속 ORC 터빈을 설계하는 과정과 터빈의 성능에 대하여 설명하고자 한다. 설계된 터빈은 200kW 급의 ORC 발전 시스템에 사용될 예정이다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2017

Studies in liquid-vapor ejector, which performs a great efficiency in refrigeration cycle is highly concerned. This paper is based on basic refrigeration cycle and three ejector refrigeration cycles and the comparison and contrasts about when 6 different refrigerants are applied to such refrigeration cycles. All cycles had a percentage increase of COP from 4 to 74% when ejector was applied, and the source of increasement was the decrease of total work done due to ejector's pressure recovery function. When R-245fa is applied to cycle (d), results showed that COP was the most superior in such cycle, R-245fa showed high volume entrainment ratio in all cycles. Future studies in refrigeration cycles will require more knowledge and experiments on ejector's appliance to refrigeration cycles and the actuation of such functions.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2014

Organic Rankine Cycle is widely used to convert the low-grade thermal energy to the electrical energy. However, usually available thermal energy is not supplied constantly. This makes hard to use positive displacement expanders. Hence, turbo-expander has merits to apply as an expander in ORC because it can operate well off-design points even though the mass flowrate is fluctuated. The thermal energy fluctuation causes the turbo-expander to operate in partial admission. In addition, supersonic nozzles are required so that the partially admitted turbine operates efficiently. In this study, R245fa was chosen as a working fluid of ORC. A design method and an analysis technique of supersonic nozzle based on R245fa were developed. The shape of the nozzle was designed by the characteristic method. The thermal properties within the nozzle were estimated and the predicted results were agreed well with the computed results.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.12-21
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• 2014

An organic Rankine cycle was analyzed to work at the optimal operating point when the heat source is fluctuated. R245fa was adopted as a working fluid, and an axial-type turbine as expander on the cycle was designed to convert the heat energy to the electricity since the turbo-type expander works at off-design points better than the positive displacement-type expander. A supersonic nozzle was designed to increase the spouting velocity because a higher spouting velocity can produce more output power. They were designed by the method of characteristics for the operating fluid of R245fa. Three different cases, such as various spouting velocities, various inlet total temperatures, and various nozzle numbers, were studied. From these results, an optimal operating cycle can be designed with the organic Rankine cycle when the available heat source as renewable energy is low-grade temperature and fluctuated.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2015

Several working fluids for Organic Rankine Cycle(ORC) were recommended by many researchers. However, the recommended optimal working fluids were not exactly same because the operating conditions of ORC and application were different. The major parameter to select the working fluid for ORC was the temperature of available thermal energy. In this study, low-grade thermal energy was used for the heat source for ORC and the appropriate working fluids were searched among 26 candidate working fluids. The requirements to be a working fluid for ORC were reviewed and the cycle analysis for simple cycle was conducted with $75^{\circ}C$ and $35^{\circ}C$ at the turbine inlet and exit, respectively. R600, R601, toluene were best candidates if the system could work without leaking the working fluid. Next, R236ea, R245ca, R245fa were recommended because they are not inflammable working fluids as well as better efficiency.