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Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of a vapor injection organic Rankine cycle system for low-grade heat recovery.

Number: B3-152

Author(s) : LI D. T., HE Z. L., JI L. T., XING Z. W.

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The organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system has been widely used in waste heat recovery and geothermal utilization, but the system efficiency is limited due to the large exergy loss in the evaporation process. To improve the performance of ORC systems, in this paper, a vapor injection organic Rankine cycle (VIORC) system using positive-displacement expanders was proposed. The thermodynamic model of the proposed system was developed in views of energy and exergy. The effects of system operation parameters on system performance were investigated, and the system was optimized under different waste heat temperatures. Furthermore, the optimized systems were compared with basic ORC (BORC) systems. Results showed that compared with the BORC system, the proposed system increased the net output power by 3-8% and the exergy efficiency by 0.8-3.2% under the heat source temperature of 90-150 ℃. The exergy loss analysis further showed that the reduction of the exergy loss in the evaporation process was the main contribution to the efficiency improvement of the proposed system.

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  • Original title: Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of a vapor injection organic Rankine cycle system for low-grade heat recovery.
  • Record ID : 30028758
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Technology
  • Source: 12th International Conference on Compressors and their Systems
  • Publication date: 2021/09
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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