The aim of this work is to study a binary Rankine process with a significantly higher efficiency compared to a conventional coal-fired power plant. This paper focuses on the design of the process and especially on an efficient combination of flue gas, potassium, and water streams in the components of the steam generator, such as economizers, evaporators, and superheaters, to decrease the overall exergy destruction. Based on a literature review, a base case for a coal-fired binary Rankine cycle with potassium and water as working fluids was developed and, in order to evaluate the thermodynamic quality of several variants, comparative exergy analyses were conducted. A simulation of the process and calculation of the values for the streams were carried out by using the flow-sheeting program CycleTempo, which simultaneously solves the mass and energy balances and contains property functions for the specific enthalpy and entropy of all the substances used. Necessary assumptions are predominantly based on literature data or they are discussed in the paper. We present the exergy analysis of the overall process that includes the flue gas streams as well as the potassium and water cycles. A design analysis and sensitivity studies show the effects of stream combinations and key parameters on the net efficiency, which is higher than 50%.
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November 2016
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Exergy-Based Study of a Binary Rankine Cycle
Mathias Hofmann,
Mathias Hofmann
Institute for Energy Engineering,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: hofmann@iet.tu-berlin.de
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: hofmann@iet.tu-berlin.de
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George Tsatsaronis
George Tsatsaronis
Institute for Energy Engineering,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: tsatsaronis@iet.tu-berlin.de
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: tsatsaronis@iet.tu-berlin.de
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Mathias Hofmann
Institute for Energy Engineering,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: hofmann@iet.tu-berlin.de
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: hofmann@iet.tu-berlin.de
George Tsatsaronis
Institute for Energy Engineering,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: tsatsaronis@iet.tu-berlin.de
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: tsatsaronis@iet.tu-berlin.de
1Corresponding author.
2Or also economiser, superheater, etc.
Contributed by the Advanced Energy Systems Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received October 30, 2015; final manuscript received March 16, 2016; published online June 14, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Alojz Poredos.
J. Energy Resour. Technol. Nov 2016, 138(6): 062003 (7 pages)
Published Online: June 14, 2016
Article history
Received:
October 30, 2015
Revised:
March 16, 2016
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Hofmann, M., and Tsatsaronis, G. (June 14, 2016). "Exergy-Based Study of a Binary Rankine Cycle." ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol. November 2016; 138(6): 062003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4033303
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