In order to reduce the environmental impact of conventional sludge treatment methods and to utilize the energy in sludge more effectively,a coupled system based on sewage sludge gasifier(SSG),solid oxide fuel cells(SO...In order to reduce the environmental impact of conventional sludge treatment methods and to utilize the energy in sludge more effectively,a coupled system based on sewage sludge gasifier(SSG),solid oxide fuel cells(SOFC),supercritical CO_(2)cycle(S-CO_(2)),and organic Rankine cycle(ORC)is proposed.The clean syngas obtained from sludge gasification is mixed with CH4 and then first utilized by the fuel cell.The exhaust gas from the fuel cell is fully combusted in the afterburning chamber and then enters the bottom cycle system consisting of S-CO_(2)&ORC to generate electricity.To understand the performance of the system,thermodynamic and economic analyses were conducted to examine the project's performance.The thermodynamics as well as the economics of the coupled system were analyzed to arrive at the following conclusions,the power production of the system is 37.34 MW;the exergy efficiency is 55.62%,and the net electrical efficiency is 61.48%.The main exergy destruction is the gasifier and SOFC,accounting for 62.45%of the total exergy destruction.It takes only6.13 years to repay the construction investment in the novel system,and the project obtains a NPV of 17723820USD during 20 years lifetime.The above findings indicate that the new coupled system has a better performance in terms of energy utilization and economy.展开更多
In this paper,a novel polygeneration system involving plasma gasifier,pyrolysis reactor,gas turbine(GT),supercritical CO_(2)(S-CO_(2))cycle,and organic Rankine cycle(ORC)has been developed.In the proposed scheme,the s...In this paper,a novel polygeneration system involving plasma gasifier,pyrolysis reactor,gas turbine(GT),supercritical CO_(2)(S-CO_(2))cycle,and organic Rankine cycle(ORC)has been developed.In the proposed scheme,the syngas is obtained by the gasification and the pyrolysis is first burned and drives the gas turbine for power generation,and then the resulting hot exhaust gas is applied to heat the working fluid for the supercritical CO_(2)cycle and the working fluid for the bottom organic Rankine cycle.In addition to the electrical output,the pyrolysis subsystem also produces pyrolysis oil and char.Accordingly,energy recovery is achieved while treating waste in a non-hazardous manner.The performance of the new scheme was examined by numerous methods,containing energy analysis,exergy analysis,and economic analysis.It is found that the net total energy output of the polygeneration system could attain 19.89 MW with a net total energy efficiency of 52.77%,and the total exergy efficiency of 50.14%.Besides,the dynamic payback period for the restoration of the proposed project is only 3.31 years,and the relative net present value of 77552640 USD can be achieved during its 20-year lifetime.展开更多
Brayton power cycles for fusion reactors have been investigated, using Helium in classical configurations and CO2 in a recompression layout. Thermal sources from the reactor have strongly constrained the cycle configu...Brayton power cycles for fusion reactors have been investigated, using Helium in classical configurations and CO2 in a recompression layout. Thermal sources from the reactor have strongly constrained the cycle configurations, hindering use of a recuperator in Helium cycles and conditioning the outlet turbine temperature in CO2 ones. In both cycles, it is possible to take advantage of the exhaust thermal energy by coupling the Brayton to a Rankine cycle, with an organic fluid in the helium case （iso-butane has been investigated） and steam in the CO2 case. The highest efficiency achieved with Helium cycle is 38.5% using Organic Rankine Cycle and 32.6% with Helium alone. The efficiency changes from 46.7% using Rankine cycle to 41% with CO2 alone. The Helium cycle is highly sensitive to turbine efficiency and in a moderate way to compressor efficiency and pressure drops, being nearly insensitive to thermal effectiveness in heat exchangers. On the other hand, CO2 is nearly insensitive to all the parameters.展开更多
A detailed thermodynamic and techno-economic comparison is presented for a CO2-based transcritical Rankine cycle and a subcritical organic Rankine cycle (ORC) using HFC245fa (1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoro-propane) as the work...A detailed thermodynamic and techno-economic comparison is presented for a CO2-based transcritical Rankine cycle and a subcritical organic Rankine cycle (ORC) using HFC245fa (1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoro-propane) as the working fluid driven by the low-temperature geothermal source,in order to determine the configuration that presents the maximum net power output with a minimum investment.The evaluations of both Rankine cycles have been performed based on equal thermodynamic mean heat rejection temperature by varying certain system operating parameters to achieve each Rankine cycle's optimum design at various geothermal source temperature levels ranging from 80oC to 120oC.The results obtained show that the optimum ther-modynamic mean heat injection temperatures of both Rankine cycles are distributed in the scope of 55% to 65% of a given geothermal source temperature level,and that the CO2-based transcritical Rankine cycle presents 3% to 7% higher net power output,84% reduction of turbine inlet volume flow rate,47% reduction of expansion ratio and 1.68 times higher total heat transfer capacity compared with the HFC245fa-based subcritical ORC.It is also indicated that using the CO2-based transcritical system can reduce the dimension of turbine design.However,it requires larger heat transfer areas with higher strength heat exchanger materials because of the higher system pressure.展开更多
In this paper,exergy analysis method is developed to assess a Rankine cycle system,by using supercritical CO2 as working fluid and powered by solar energy.The proposed system consists of evacuated solar collectors,thr...In this paper,exergy analysis method is developed to assess a Rankine cycle system,by using supercritical CO2 as working fluid and powered by solar energy.The proposed system consists of evacuated solar collectors,throttling valve,high-temperature heat exchanger,low-temperature heat exchanger,and feed pump.The system is designed for utilize evacuated solar collectors to convert solar energy into mechanical energy and hence electricity.In order to investigate and estimate exergy performance of this system,the energy,entropy,exergy balances are developed for the components.The exergy destructions and exergy efficiency values of the system components are also determined.The results indicate that solar collector and high temperature heat exchanger which have low exergy efficiencies contribute the largest share to system irreversibility and should be the optimization design focus to improve system exergy effectiveness.Further,exergy analysis is a useful tool in this regard as it permits the performance of each process to be assessed and losses to be quantified.Exergy analysis results can be used in design,optimization,and improvement efforts.展开更多
基金supported by the National Nature Science Fund of China(No.52276006)Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51821004)。
文摘In order to reduce the environmental impact of conventional sludge treatment methods and to utilize the energy in sludge more effectively,a coupled system based on sewage sludge gasifier(SSG),solid oxide fuel cells(SOFC),supercritical CO_(2)cycle(S-CO_(2)),and organic Rankine cycle(ORC)is proposed.The clean syngas obtained from sludge gasification is mixed with CH4 and then first utilized by the fuel cell.The exhaust gas from the fuel cell is fully combusted in the afterburning chamber and then enters the bottom cycle system consisting of S-CO_(2)&ORC to generate electricity.To understand the performance of the system,thermodynamic and economic analyses were conducted to examine the project's performance.The thermodynamics as well as the economics of the coupled system were analyzed to arrive at the following conclusions,the power production of the system is 37.34 MW;the exergy efficiency is 55.62%,and the net electrical efficiency is 61.48%.The main exergy destruction is the gasifier and SOFC,accounting for 62.45%of the total exergy destruction.It takes only6.13 years to repay the construction investment in the novel system,and the project obtains a NPV of 17723820USD during 20 years lifetime.The above findings indicate that the new coupled system has a better performance in terms of energy utilization and economy.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Fund of China(No.52106008)Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51821004)Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(No.2020B1212060048).
文摘In this paper,a novel polygeneration system involving plasma gasifier,pyrolysis reactor,gas turbine(GT),supercritical CO_(2)(S-CO_(2))cycle,and organic Rankine cycle(ORC)has been developed.In the proposed scheme,the syngas is obtained by the gasification and the pyrolysis is first burned and drives the gas turbine for power generation,and then the resulting hot exhaust gas is applied to heat the working fluid for the supercritical CO_(2)cycle and the working fluid for the bottom organic Rankine cycle.In addition to the electrical output,the pyrolysis subsystem also produces pyrolysis oil and char.Accordingly,energy recovery is achieved while treating waste in a non-hazardous manner.The performance of the new scheme was examined by numerous methods,containing energy analysis,exergy analysis,and economic analysis.It is found that the net total energy output of the polygeneration system could attain 19.89 MW with a net total energy efficiency of 52.77%,and the total exergy efficiency of 50.14%.Besides,the dynamic payback period for the restoration of the proposed project is only 3.31 years,and the relative net present value of 77552640 USD can be achieved during its 20-year lifetime.
文摘Brayton power cycles for fusion reactors have been investigated, using Helium in classical configurations and CO2 in a recompression layout. Thermal sources from the reactor have strongly constrained the cycle configurations, hindering use of a recuperator in Helium cycles and conditioning the outlet turbine temperature in CO2 ones. In both cycles, it is possible to take advantage of the exhaust thermal energy by coupling the Brayton to a Rankine cycle, with an organic fluid in the helium case （iso-butane has been investigated） and steam in the CO2 case. The highest efficiency achieved with Helium cycle is 38.5% using Organic Rankine Cycle and 32.6% with Helium alone. The efficiency changes from 46.7% using Rankine cycle to 41% with CO2 alone. The Helium cycle is highly sensitive to turbine efficiency and in a moderate way to compressor efficiency and pressure drops, being nearly insensitive to thermal effectiveness in heat exchangers. On the other hand, CO2 is nearly insensitive to all the parameters.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.50976079)
文摘A detailed thermodynamic and techno-economic comparison is presented for a CO2-based transcritical Rankine cycle and a subcritical organic Rankine cycle (ORC) using HFC245fa (1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoro-propane) as the working fluid driven by the low-temperature geothermal source,in order to determine the configuration that presents the maximum net power output with a minimum investment.The evaluations of both Rankine cycles have been performed based on equal thermodynamic mean heat rejection temperature by varying certain system operating parameters to achieve each Rankine cycle's optimum design at various geothermal source temperature levels ranging from 80oC to 120oC.The results obtained show that the optimum ther-modynamic mean heat injection temperatures of both Rankine cycles are distributed in the scope of 55% to 65% of a given geothermal source temperature level,and that the CO2-based transcritical Rankine cycle presents 3% to 7% higher net power output,84% reduction of turbine inlet volume flow rate,47% reduction of expansion ratio and 1.68 times higher total heat transfer capacity compared with the HFC245fa-based subcritical ORC.It is also indicated that using the CO2-based transcritical system can reduce the dimension of turbine design.However,it requires larger heat transfer areas with higher strength heat exchanger materials because of the higher system pressure.
基金The support of the National Natural Science Founda-tion of China (50976002) is gratefully acknowledged
文摘In this paper,exergy analysis method is developed to assess a Rankine cycle system,by using supercritical CO2 as working fluid and powered by solar energy.The proposed system consists of evacuated solar collectors,throttling valve,high-temperature heat exchanger,low-temperature heat exchanger,and feed pump.The system is designed for utilize evacuated solar collectors to convert solar energy into mechanical energy and hence electricity.In order to investigate and estimate exergy performance of this system,the energy,entropy,exergy balances are developed for the components.The exergy destructions and exergy efficiency values of the system components are also determined.The results indicate that solar collector and high temperature heat exchanger which have low exergy efficiencies contribute the largest share to system irreversibility and should be the optimization design focus to improve system exergy effectiveness.Further,exergy analysis is a useful tool in this regard as it permits the performance of each process to be assessed and losses to be quantified.Exergy analysis results can be used in design,optimization,and improvement efforts.
