• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2012

A scroll expander has been designed to produce a shaft power from a R134a Rankine cycle for electricity generation. Heat was supplied to the Rankine cycle through a heat exchanger, which received heat from another cycle of water. In the water cycle, water was heated up in a boiler using biogenic solid fuel. The designed scroll expander was a horizontal type, and a trochoidal oil pump was employed for oil supply to bearings and Oldham-ring keys. For axial compliance, a back pressure chamber was created on the backside of the orbiting scroll base plate. Numerical study has been carried out to estimate the performance of the designed scroll expander. The expander was estimated to produce the shaft power of about 2.9 kW from a heat supply of 36 kW, when the temperature of R134a was $80^{\circ}C$ and $35^{\circ}C$ at the evaporator and condenser of the Rankine cycle, respectively. The expander efficiency was about 70.5%. When the amount of heat supply varied in the ranges of 7.5~55 kW, the expander efficiency changed in the range of 45.6~70.5%, showing a peak efficiency of 70.5% at the design shaft speed.

• 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.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2012

Rankine cycle using ammonia-water mixture as a working fluid has attracted much attention, since it may be a very useful device to extract power from low-temperature heat source. In this work, the thermodynamic performance of regenerative ammonia-water Rankine cycle is thoroughly investigated based on the second law of thermodynamics and exergy analysis, when the energy source is low-temperature heat source in the form of sensible energy. In analyzing the power cycle, several key system parameters such as ammonia mass concentration in the mixture and turbine inlet pressure are studied to examine their effects on the system performance including exergy destructions or anergies of system components, efficiencies based on the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The results show that as the ammonia concentration increases, exergy exhaust increases but exergy destruction at the heat exchanger increases. The second-law efficiency has an optimum value with respect to the ammonia concentration.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2007

For the past few years, the concern for clean energy has been greatly increased. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion(OTEC) power plants are studied as a viable option for the supply of clean energy. In this paper, the thermodynamic performance of OTEC cycle was examined. Computer simulation programs were developed under the same condition and various working fluids for closed Rankine cycle, regeneration cycle, Kalina cycle, open cycle and hybrid cycle. The results show that the regeneration cycle using R125 showed a 0.17 to 1.56% increase in energy efficiency, and simple Rankine cycle can generate electricity when the difference in warm and cold sea water inlet temperatures are greater than $15^{\circ}C$. Also, the cycle efficiency of OTEC power plant using the condenser effluent from nuclear power plant instead of the surface water increased about 2%.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2016

In this study, the simulation for performance comparison between basic single stage organic rankine cycle, multi stage reheater cycle and multi stage reheater & recuperator cycle was carried out. The multi stage reheater cycle and multi stage reheater & recuperator cycle was designed to improve the efficiency for organic rankine cycle using heat source from industrial waste heat and heat sink from deep ocean water. R245fa was selected as a refrigerant for the cycle and system efficiencies were simulated by the variation of the heat sink temperature and the cycle classification. Performance characteristics were simulated by using the Aspen HYSYS. It was confirmed that the system efficiency was decreased by the increase of heat sink temperature. These results can be considered to be applied as geo-ocean thermal energy conversion in where plenty of geothermal or ocean thermal resource exist.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2007

Geothermal energy is used in various forms, such as power generation, direct use, and geothermal heat pumps. High temperature geothermal energy sources have been used for power generation for more than a century. Recent technical advances in power generation equipments make relatively low temperature geothermal energy to be available for power generation. In these applications, lower temperature geothermal energy source makes smaller difference between condensing water temperature and it. Various condensing water temperatures were investigated in analyzing its influence on power generation performance. Condensing water temperature of organic Rankine cycle imposed greater influence on power generation and its performance in lower temperature geothermal power generation.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2011

The power cycle using ammonia-water mixture as a working fluid is a possible way to improve efficiency of the system of low-temperature source. In this work thermodynamic performance of the ammonia-water regenerative Rankine cycle with partial-boiling flow is analyzed for purpose of extracting maximum power from the source. Effects of the system parameters such as mass fraction of ammonia, turbine inlet pressure or ratio of partial-boiling flow on the system are parametrically investigated. Results show that the power output increases with the mass fraction of ammonia but has a maximum value with respect to the turbine inlet pressure, and is able to reach 22 kW per unit mass flow rate of source air at $180^{\circ}C$.

• 에너지공학
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.398-401
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 자동차용 엔진 폐열 회수 유기랭킨사이클에 적용하기 위해 개발 중인 스크롤 팽창기의 효율을 상용 스크롤 팽창기와 비교 분석을 수행하였다. 팽창기 효율 특성 시험을 위해 유기랭킨사이클을 운전하면서 팽창기 출력, 팽창기 입구 온도, 압력 및 작동유체(냉매 R134a)의 유량을 측정하였으며, 개발 중인 스크롤 팽창기의 전효율은 상용 스크롤 팽창기의 전효율에 비해 매우 낮은 수준을 나타내었다. 특히 팽창기 내부의 작동유체 누설에 의한 체적효율 저하가 전효율 저하에 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 파악되었기 때문에 향후 팽창기 효율 향상을 위해 팽창기 내부의 누설문제를 필히 해결해야할 것으로 분석되었다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.34-41
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• 1996

LNG의 기화열(냉열)은 NG액화시 소모된 동력으로서 생산된 NG의 약 14%에 달한다. 평택 인수기지의 경우 '93도입물량 기준으로 냉열량은 96MW에 달한다. 냉열을 이용하여 전력을 생산하는 방안으로, 저온 엑서지를 활용하는 Rankine 사이클, 압력 엑서지를 이용한 부분직접 팽창 사이클 및 이 두 사이클의 혼합 사이클인 Linde공정 냉열발전시스템의 성능을 비교연구하였다. 시뮤레이션은 ASPEN Plus를 이용하여 수행하였으며 현재 인수기지에서 운영되고 있는 각종 설비들의 설계데이타를 이용하였다. 시스템별 출력은 약 3∼6MW였으며 최적운전조건의 엑서지 효율은 37%로 계산되었다. 또한 부분직접팽창방식의 최적 시스템을 제시하였고 열교환기의 총 면적이 동일 할 경우 부분직접팽창과 랭킨사이클의 성능은 비슷한 것으로 확인되었다.

• 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.