This paper presents an extensive study of the heat pump cycle and associated working fluids to generate electricity from low temperature industrial waste heat. An Aspen Plus simulation has been developed to evaluate t...This paper presents an extensive study of the heat pump cycle and associated working fluids to generate electricity from low temperature industrial waste heat. An Aspen Plus simulation has been developed to evaluate the effect of various working fluids on the net heat pump efficiency over a wide range of turbine inlet temperatures between 50℃ and 250℃. One hundred eight （108） refi＇igerants were investigated from the environmental classifications of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons （HCFC）, Hydrofluorocarbons （HFC）, Chlorofluorocarbons （CFC） and Hydrocarbons （HC） with boiling points between -88.65 ℃ and 110.65℃. Net efficiency, which ranged from 0.1% to 25.8% in this work tends to increases with the temperature of the waste heat. Results of the present study demonstrate that working fluid R41 （with source temperature of 44 ℃） provides the maximum efficiency among those evaluated. Refrigerants R13B1 and R32 provide the best efficiency for waste heat source temperatures ranges 60 - 67 ℃ and 68 - 78℃ respectively. Ammonia shows the highest efficiency from 79℃ to 132 ℃. Refrigerants R31, R21, 17,30 and benzene perform well in the temperature ranges 133-151 ℃, 152-178 ℃, 179-236℃ and 237-250 ℃respectively. The optimal heat pump systems are applied to the hybrid copper sulfate-copper oxide thermochemical cycle for hydrogen production from water. 100.8 MW of electrical energy is produced, which increased the efficiency from 24.1% to 25.9%.展开更多
Exothermic hydrogenation reaction of acetone is an important part of an IAH-CHP, and the performance of IAH-CHP is affected directly by this reaction. This paper studies the influence of space velocity, temperature, h...Exothermic hydrogenation reaction of acetone is an important part of an IAH-CHP, and the performance of IAH-CHP is affected directly by this reaction. This paper studies the influence of space velocity, temperature, hydrogen flow rate and pressure on conversion and selectivity experimentally. The byproducts are analyzed and classified into three types: hydrogenation product, cracking products and condensation products. Both the conversion and selectivity of this reaction have the same trend with the change of space velocity, temperature and hydrogen flow rate, and has the opposite trend with the change of pressure. As the space velocity increases, the conversion curve is a gradual decline parabola but the selectivity curve is close to a straight line. Hydrogen flow rate has a more obvious influence on conversion than temperature, whereas on selectivity the situation is opposite. High pressure increases the conversion of acetone to all products, but the increment of byproducts is more than that of isopropanol, so the selectivity decreases as pressure increases.展开更多
A new hydrogen storage alloy pair, La0.6Ml0.4Ni4.7 Cr0.3-La0.2Mm0.8Ni4.35Fe0.65, was developed to serve as a bus hydride air conditioner, which utilizes the waste heat of exhaust gases of a bus as the high temperature...A new hydrogen storage alloy pair, La0.6Ml0.4Ni4.7 Cr0.3-La0.2Mm0.8Ni4.35Fe0.65, was developed to serve as a bus hydride air conditioner, which utilizes the waste heat of exhaust gases of a bus as the high temperature source. Under the operating temperature of 150-250 °C/35-40°C/15-20°C, the maximum working hydrogen capacity and the theoretical value of COPc are 4.5 and 0.74 H/mol M respectively, which can meet the practical requirements.展开更多
Intra-particle mass and heat transfer plays an important role in performance of the exothermic fixed-bed reactor for an isopropanol–acetone–hydrogen chemical heat pump. In this work, an exothermic fixed-bed reactor ...Intra-particle mass and heat transfer plays an important role in performance of the exothermic fixed-bed reactor for an isopropanol–acetone–hydrogen chemical heat pump. In this work, an exothermic fixed-bed reactor model, taking into account the actual packing structure, is established in the commercial software Fluent. A 120°segment of a tube with tube-to-particle diameter ratio(n) of4, where realistic particles are packed and set to porous media, is used to simulate the 3D external flow, concentration and temperature fields in the exothermic packed-bed reactor. The influence of catalyst particle diameter(dp) and micropore diameter(d0) on the intra-particle temperature,species distribution, reaction rate and selectivity is discussed. The appropriate dpand d0 are obtained. Simulation results showed that intra-particle temperature gradient is not obvious. Large dpand small d0 lead to remarkable gradient of reaction rate inside the catalyst particle and the decrease in the catalyst efficiency and reduce the acetone conversion and the selectivity in isopropanol. The optimal results reveal that the spherical catalyst with dpof 1 mm and dporeof 10 nm is appropriate for high-temperature acetone hydrogenation.展开更多
文摘This paper presents an extensive study of the heat pump cycle and associated working fluids to generate electricity from low temperature industrial waste heat. An Aspen Plus simulation has been developed to evaluate the effect of various working fluids on the net heat pump efficiency over a wide range of turbine inlet temperatures between 50℃ and 250℃. One hundred eight （108） refi＇igerants were investigated from the environmental classifications of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons （HCFC）, Hydrofluorocarbons （HFC）, Chlorofluorocarbons （CFC） and Hydrocarbons （HC） with boiling points between -88.65 ℃ and 110.65℃. Net efficiency, which ranged from 0.1% to 25.8% in this work tends to increases with the temperature of the waste heat. Results of the present study demonstrate that working fluid R41 （with source temperature of 44 ℃） provides the maximum efficiency among those evaluated. Refrigerants R13B1 and R32 provide the best efficiency for waste heat source temperatures ranges 60 - 67 ℃ and 68 - 78℃ respectively. Ammonia shows the highest efficiency from 79℃ to 132 ℃. Refrigerants R31, R21, 17,30 and benzene perform well in the temperature ranges 133-151 ℃, 152-178 ℃, 179-236℃ and 237-250 ℃respectively. The optimal heat pump systems are applied to the hybrid copper sulfate-copper oxide thermochemical cycle for hydrogen production from water. 100.8 MW of electrical energy is produced, which increased the efficiency from 24.1% to 25.9%.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 51276181the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2011CB710705
文摘Exothermic hydrogenation reaction of acetone is an important part of an IAH-CHP, and the performance of IAH-CHP is affected directly by this reaction. This paper studies the influence of space velocity, temperature, hydrogen flow rate and pressure on conversion and selectivity experimentally. The byproducts are analyzed and classified into three types: hydrogenation product, cracking products and condensation products. Both the conversion and selectivity of this reaction have the same trend with the change of space velocity, temperature and hydrogen flow rate, and has the opposite trend with the change of pressure. As the space velocity increases, the conversion curve is a gradual decline parabola but the selectivity curve is close to a straight line. Hydrogen flow rate has a more obvious influence on conversion than temperature, whereas on selectivity the situation is opposite. High pressure increases the conversion of acetone to all products, but the increment of byproducts is more than that of isopropanol, so the selectivity decreases as pressure increases.
文摘A new hydrogen storage alloy pair, La0.6Ml0.4Ni4.7 Cr0.3-La0.2Mm0.8Ni4.35Fe0.65, was developed to serve as a bus hydride air conditioner, which utilizes the waste heat of exhaust gases of a bus as the high temperature source. Under the operating temperature of 150-250 °C/35-40°C/15-20°C, the maximum working hydrogen capacity and the theoretical value of COPc are 4.5 and 0.74 H/mol M respectively, which can meet the practical requirements.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CB710705)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21306192,51276181)
文摘Intra-particle mass and heat transfer plays an important role in performance of the exothermic fixed-bed reactor for an isopropanol–acetone–hydrogen chemical heat pump. In this work, an exothermic fixed-bed reactor model, taking into account the actual packing structure, is established in the commercial software Fluent. A 120°segment of a tube with tube-to-particle diameter ratio(n) of4, where realistic particles are packed and set to porous media, is used to simulate the 3D external flow, concentration and temperature fields in the exothermic packed-bed reactor. The influence of catalyst particle diameter(dp) and micropore diameter(d0) on the intra-particle temperature,species distribution, reaction rate and selectivity is discussed. The appropriate dpand d0 are obtained. Simulation results showed that intra-particle temperature gradient is not obvious. Large dpand small d0 lead to remarkable gradient of reaction rate inside the catalyst particle and the decrease in the catalyst efficiency and reduce the acetone conversion and the selectivity in isopropanol. The optimal results reveal that the spherical catalyst with dpof 1 mm and dporeof 10 nm is appropriate for high-temperature acetone hydrogenation.
