scholarly journals Optimal design and operation of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) system driven by solar energy with sensible thermal energy storage

2021 ◽  
Vol 244 ◽  
pp. 114494
Author(s):  
Haoshui Yu ◽  
Henrik Helland ◽  
Xingji Yu ◽  
Truls Gundersen ◽  
Gürkan Sin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Optimal Design ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Thermal Energy Storage ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle

scholarly journals Addressing Industrial Waste Heat Supply Variability With Organic Rankine Cycle Systems Incorporating Thermal Energy Storage

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bipul Krishna Saha ◽  
Basab Chakraborty ◽  
Rohan Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Thermal Energy Storage ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Low Grade

Abstract Industrial low-grade waste heat is lost, wasted and deposited in the atmosphere and is not put to any practical use. Different technologies are available to enable waste heat recovery, which can enhance system energy efficiency and reduce total energy consumption. Power plants are energy-intensive plants with low-grade waste heat. In the case of such plants, recovery of low-grade waste heat is gaining considerable interest. However, in such plants, power generation often varies based on market demand. Such variations may adversely influence any recovery system's performance and the economy, including the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). ORC technologies coupled with Cryogenic Energy Storage (CES) may be used for power generation by utilizing the waste heat from such power plants. The heat of compression in a CES may be stored in thermal energy storage systems and utilized in ORC or Regenerative ORC (RORC) for power generation during the system's discharge cycle. This may compensate for the variation of the waste heat from the power plant, and thereby, the ORC system may always work under-designed capacity. This paper presents the thermo-economic analysis of such an ORC system. In the analysis, a steady-state simulation of the ORC system has been developed in a commercial process simulator after validating the results with experimental data for a typical coke-oven plant. Forty-nine different working fluids were evaluated for power generation parameters, first law efficiencies, purchase equipment cost, and fixed investment payback period to identify the best working fluid.

scholarly journals Sizing the thermal energy storage (TES) device for organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 345 ◽  
pp. 00018
Author(s):  
Piotr Kolasiński ◽  
Sindu Daniarta
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Thermal Energy Storage ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Energy Storage Materials ◽  
Working Fluids ◽  
Storage Materials

Thermal energy storage (TES) became one of the main research topics in modern power engineering. The design of TES devices and systems depend on their application. Different thermal energy storage materials (e.g., solids, liquids, or phase change materials) can be applied in TES devices. The selection of the thermal energy storage material depends mainly on the thermal power and operating temperature range of the TES device. These devices and systems are applied in different energy conversion systems, including solar power plants or combined heat and power (CHP) stations. The application of TES devices is also considered in the case of other industries, such as metallurgy. The possible application of TES devices is particularly promising in the case of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems. These systems are often utilizing floating heat sources such as solar energy, waste heat, etc. TES device can be therefore applied as the evaporator of the ORC system in order to stabilize these fluctuations. In this paper, the possible thermal energy storage materials used in TES devices applied in ORCs are discussed. Moreover, the modelling results are reported related to assessment parameters which can be applied to size the TES device for ORC system utilizing different low-boiling working fluids. The thermal properties of working fluids are taken from CoolProp. The function of heat capacity of different TES materials is also provided and the calculation is computed by employing MATLAB. The result shows that based on the simulation, the gradient of the natural characteristic of TES with working fluids (ζ(Tb)) tends to decrease. The presented result in this paper gives a new point of view which can be used by scientists and engineers during the design and implementation of TES evaporators dedicated to ORC power systems.

scholarly journals Thermodynamic and financial assessment of concentrated solar power plant hybridized with biomass-based organic Rankine cycle, thermal energy storage, hot springs and CO2 capture systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suresh Baral
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Hybrid System ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Co2 Capture ◽  
Thermal Energy Storage ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power

Abstract The present study aims to investigate the thermodynamic and financial aspect of concentrated solar power (CSP) plant hybridized with biomass-based organic Rankine cycle (ORC), thermal energy storage (TES), hot springs and CO2 capture systems. The organic working fluids namely R123, R235fa, D4 and MDM are selected for designing the hybrid system at different operating conditions. The nominal power capacities of the CSP and biomass ORC plants are 1.3 MW and 730 kW respectively. Additionally, a parametric study has been carried out to understand the influencing parameters that affect the system’s performance. From the results, it is revealed that the biomass ORC plant with a hot spring system alone can develop a power of 720 and 640 kW for D4 and MDM respectively. Furthermore, the power generation can be increased with addition of TES in the CSP plant. From the economic point of view, the hybrid system with special focus on CO2 capture could be very profitable if the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is fixed at 0.24$/kWh. In this scenario, the payback period is 8 years with an internal rate of return (IRR) more than 8%. Therefore, the hybrid system is thermodynamically and financially attractive for dispatchable electricity.

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