Experimental study on Organic Rankine cycle for low grade thermal energy recovery

Authors

W Pu, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
C Yue, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
D Han, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
W He, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
X Liu, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Q Zhang, Nanjing University
Yi-Tung Chen, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volume

94

First page number:

221

Last page number:

227

Abstract

A small scale Organic Rankine cycle experiment system capable of generating electric power using a low temperature heat source was built and experimental study was conducted. A single stage axial turbine expander coupled with a permanent magnet synchronous generator was used, where no lubricant oil was used. R245fa and the new environmentally friendly HFE7100 were selected as the working fluids in the experimental system. The influences of the evaporating pressure, pressure drop and mass flow rate on overall system performance were discussed. The maximum electric output generated by the turbine expander was 1979W for R245fa, while the maximum electric power output was 1027W for HFE7100. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Low grade thermal energy; Organic Rankine cycle; Turbine expander

Language

English

Repository Citation

Pu, W., Yue, C., Han, D., He, W., Liu, X., Zhang, Q., Chen, Y. (2016). Experimental study on Organic Rankine cycle for low grade thermal energy recovery. Applied Thermal Engineering, 94 221-227.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.09.120