Effect of superheat degree on the performance of an organic Rankine cycle system that utilizes a wet working fluid

Effect of superheat degree on the performance of an organic Rankine cycle system that utilizes a wet working fluid

Limited experimental research has been conducted on organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems that use wet working fluids. Therefore, the present study examined how the performance of an ORC system that uses a wet working fluid (R134a) was affected by the superheat degree ratio (SDR) under various scroll...

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Published in:Energy science & engineering Vol. 12; no. 11; pp. 5019 - 5030
Main Authors: Hsieh, Jui‐C., Hsieh, Yi‐C., Chen, Yen‐H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-11-2024
Wiley
Subjects:
Efficiency
Electrons
Enthalpy
Evaporation
Evaporation rate
Experimental research
Flow rates
Fluids
Heat
Heat recovery systems
Industrial wastes
low‐grade heat
Mass flow rate
organic Rankine cycle (ORC)
R134a
Rankine cycle
Rotation
scroll expander
superheat degree
Temperature
wet working fluid
Working fluids
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Summary:Limited experimental research has been conducted on organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems that use wet working fluids. Therefore, the present study examined how the performance of an ORC system that uses a wet working fluid (R134a) was affected by the superheat degree ratio (SDR) under various scroll rotation speeds. The SDR is the dimensionless ratio between superheat degree and evaporation temperature at a given heat source temperature. Experimental results indicated that at scroll rotation speeds of 900, 1350, and 1800 rpm, the maximum output power of the aforementioned system was 1103, 1464, and 1537 W, respectively, with SDRs of 0.49, 0.49, and 0.54, respectively. The maximum net efficiencies at these speeds were 5.87%, 5.91%, and 5.32%, respectively, which occurred at SDRs of 0.61, 0.49, and 0.48, respectively. This level of system performance was attributable to the high enthalpy at the expander inlet and the high mass flow rate at the high evaporation pressure under an SDR of approximately 0.5. Although increasing the SDR did not enhance the scroll expander's isentropic efficiency, this efficiency decreased considerably when the SDR fell below 0.2. These findings emphasize the importance of optimizing the SDR of ORC systems to improve their performance. Effect of the SDR on the power output and net efficiency at varied heat source temperatures under different expander rotation speeds.
ISSN:2050-0505
2050-0505
DOI:10.1002/ese3.1924