• 신재생에너지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.6-19
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• 2014

Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) has been widely used to convert renewable energy such as solar energy, geothermal energy, or waste energy etc., to electric power. For a small scale output power less than 10 kW, turbo-expander is not widely used than positive displacement expander. However, the turbo-expander has merits that it can operate well at off-design points. Usually, the available thermal energy for a small scale ORC is not supplied continuously. So, the mass flowrate should be adjusted in the expander to maintain the cycle. In this study, nozzles was adopted as stator to control the mass flowrate, and radial-type turbine was used as expander. The turbine operated at partial admission. R245fa was adopted as working fluid, and supersonic nozzle was designed to get the supersonic flow at the nozzle exit. When the inlet operating condition of the working fluid was varied corresponding to the fluctuation of the available thermal energy, optimal operating condition was investigated at off-design due to the variation of mass flowrate.

• 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.

• 플랜트 저널
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2016

최근 늘어가는 에너지 수요를 화석연료에만 의존 할 수 없게 되면서 대체 에너지의 중요성이 대두되고 있으며, 이러한 상황에서 유기랭킨 사이클(Organic Rankine Cycle, 이하 ORC)등 산업체 폐열, 태양열, 지열, 해수 온도차 등의 저등급 에너지를 효과적으로 활용하기 위한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 지역난방 축열시 회수수를 혼합하지 않고 ORC를 이용하여 하부사이클을 구성하여 성능해석 상용프로그램으로 작동유체 및 운전특성을 예측하였다. 지역난방수 운전조건인 열원 온도 $120^{\circ}C$, 열원 유량 $163m^3/h$(회수수 유량을 고려한 값)로 하고 이 온도에 적합한 다수의 작동유체를 선정하여 성능해석을 수행하였으며, 최고의 성능이 나타난 R245fa의 경우 269.2kW출력과 6.37%효율을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 ORC 시스템의 응축기 압력변화에 따라 지역난방 회수수 온도가 $57.3{\sim}85^{\circ}C$범위에 형성됨으로서 보일러 입구온도상승에 따른 연료 절감 효과가 예상되었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.317-324
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 아파트단지에 적용되는 태양열 급탕 시스템의 에너지 활용도를 높이기 위해 유기랭킨사이클을 적용하여 해석적 연구를 수행하였다. 시스템 해석은 Aspen $Plus^{(R)}$을 활용하였으며 태양열집열기는 급탕 온도와 유기랭킨 사이클의 운전 조건을 고려하여 진공관형 집열기를 적용하였다. R134a, R141a, R245fa 등의 냉매를 작동유체로 선정하였으며, 시스템 성능해석을 통하여 R245fa 냉매가 적용가능성이 가장 높게 나타났다. 비가역성 해석과 민감도 해석을 통해 유기랭킨 사이클 시스템의 효율 및 성능 확보를 위해서는 증발기와 터빈에 대한 기술 개발이 매우 중요하다는 것을 밝혀냈으며, 순수 급탕으로만 활용하는 시스템에 전기 생산 설비를 추가하게 되면 약 50%의 추가적인 경제성이 확보됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 개방형 무급유식 스크롤 압축기를 개조하여 유기랭킨사이클(ORC)용 소형의 스크롤 팽창기를 설계 및 제작하였다. 팽창기 케이스는 직육면체 형태로 총 체적은 $0.0394m^3$이며, 성능특성 연구를 위해 작동유체로 R245fa를 사용하는 ORC 사이클을 구축하고, 다양한 팽창기 입구압력 및 회전속도 조건에서 성능시험을 수행하였다. 성능시험에서 획득한 열역학적 물성값을 스크롤 팽창기의 semi-empirical 시뮬레이션 모델에 적용해 파라미터를 계산하고, 열역학적 분석을 통해 계산한 실험값과 시뮬레이션값의 비교를 수행하였다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2011

ORC(organic Rankine cycle) has potential of reducing consumption of fossil fuels and has many favorable characteristics to exploit low-temperature heat sources. This work analyzes performance of ORC with superheating using low-temperature energy sources in the form of sensible energy. Maximum mass flow rate of a working fluid relative to that of a source fluid is considerd to extract maximum power from the sources. Working fluids of R134a, $iC_4H_{10}$ and $C_6C_6$, and source temperatures of $120^{\circ}C$, $200^{\circ}C$ and $300^{\circ}C$ are considered in this work. Results show that for a fixed source temperature thermal efficiency increases with evaporating temperaure, however net work per unit mass of source fluid has a maximum with respect to the evaporating temperature in the range of low source temperature. Results also show that the maximum power extraction is possible with R134a for the source temperature of $120^{\circ}C$, with $iC_4H_{10}$ for $200^{\circ}C$, and with $C_6C_6$ for $300^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.768-773
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• 2012

유기 랭킨사이클의 증발기 2차 유체로서 화력발전소에서 버려지는 $35^{\circ}C$의 온배수를 이용하는 경우와 $25^{\circ}C$의 해양 표층수를 이용하는 경우의 사이클 특성을 서로 비교한 후, 유기 랭킨사이클에 화력발전소에서 버려지는 온배수를 유기 랭킨 사이클에 적용 가능한지를 확인 하였다. 본 연구에서 고려된 작동변수는 과열도, 과냉각도, 터빈효율, 펌프효율 등이다. 주요 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 화력발전소에 배출되는 $35^{\circ}C$의 온배수를 적용한 유기 랭킨사이클의 효율이 $25^{\circ}C$의 표층수를 적용한 유기 랭킨사이클에 비해 87% 이상 높게 나타났다. 따라서 화력발전소의 온배수를 유기 랭킨사이클에 적용할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2016

A test unit for Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power generation system was developed and experimentally reviewed the performance of the ORC system. Two different organic fluids (R-245fa & Novec 649) were tested as working fluids for the system. System behavior was measured and analyzed along with the variables, such as temperature, pressure, rpm and shaft power. It is one of the findings that Novec 649 fluid is to be less pressurized than R-245fa in order to up to the heat source (boiler) capacity, that limits the experiment as high as 2 kW in shaft power.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1502-1513
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• 2006

This study analyzes the design and part load performance of a power generation system combining a micro gas turbine (MGT) and an organic Rankine cycle (ORC). Design performances of cycles adopting several different organic fluids are analyzed and compared with performance of the steam based cycle. All of the organic fluids recover greater MGT exhaust heat than the steam cycle (much lower stack temperature), but their bottoming cycle efficiencies are lower. R123 provides higher combined cycle efficiency than steam does. The efficiencies of the combined cycle with organic fluids are maximized when the turbine exhaust heat of the MGT is fully recovered at the MGT recuperator, whereas the efficiency of the combined cycle with steam shows an almost reverse trend. Since organic fluids have much higher density than steam, they allow more compact systems. The efficiency of the combined cycle, based on a MGT with 30 percent efficiency, can reach almost 40 percent. hlso, the part load operation of the combined system is analyzed. Two representative power control methods are considered and their performances are compared. The variable speed control of the MGT exhibits far better combined cycle part load efficiency than the fuel only control despite slightly lower bottoming cycle performance.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2019

This study is a thermal and flow analysis of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) pipe line for 250 kW grade waste gas heat recovery. We attempted to obtain the boundary condition data through the process design of the ORC, which can produce an electric power of 250 kW through the recovery of waste heat. Then, we conducted a simulation by using STAR-CCM+ to verify the model for the pipe line stream of the 250 kW class waste heat recovery system. Based on the results of the thermal and flow analyses of each pipe line applied to the ORC system, we gained the following conclusion. The pressure was relatively increased at the pipe outside the refracted part due to the pipe shape. Moreover, the heat transfer amount of the refrigerant gas line is relatively higher than that of the liquid line.