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Investigation of the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system and the radial-inflow turbine design.

Author(s) : LI Y., REN X. D.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Energy and environment issue set utilizing low-grade heat noticed. Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) has been demonstrated to be a promising technology to recover waste heat. As a critical component of ORC system, the turbine selection has an enormous influence on the system performance. This paper carries out a study on the thermodynamic analysis of ORC system and the aerodynamic design of an organic radial turbine. The system performance is evaluated with various working fluids. The aerodynamic design of the organic radial-inflow turbine is focused due to the high molecule weight and the low sound speed of the organic working fluid. An aerodynamic and profile design system is developed. A radial-inflow turbine with R123 as the working fluid is designed and the numerical analysis is conducted. The simulation results indicate that the shockwave caused by the high expansion ratio in the nozzle is well controlled. Compared with the one-dimensional design results, the performance of the radial-inflow turbine in this paper reaches the design requirements.

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  • Original title: Investigation of the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system and the radial-inflow turbine design.
  • Record ID : 30016753
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 96
  • Publication date: 2016/03/05
  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.12.009

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