Exergy analysis and nanoparticle assessment of cooking oil biodiesel and standard diesel fueled internal combustion engine

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1303-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Yildiz ◽  
Hakan Caliskan ◽  
Kazutoshi Mori

In this paper, the exergy analysis and environmental assessment are performed to the biodiesel and diesel-fueled engine at full 294 Nm and 1800 r/min. The exergy loss rates of fuels are found as 15.523 and 18.884 kW for the 100% biodiesel (BDF100) (obtained from cooking oil) and Japanese Industrial Standard Diesel No. 2 (JIS#2) fuels, respectively. In addition, the exergy destruction rate of the JIS#2 fuel is found as 80.670 kW, while the corresponding rate of the BDF100 is determined as 62.389 kW. According to environmental assessments of emissions and nanoparticles of the fuels, the biodiesel (BDF100) fuel is more environmentally benign than the diesel (JIS#2) fuel in terms of particle concentration and carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions. So, it is better to use this kind of the 100% biodiesels in the diesel engines for better environment and efficiency in terms of the availability and environmental perspectives.

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3511
Author(s):  
Ali Khalid Shaker Al-Sayyab ◽  
Joaquín Navarro-Esbrí ◽  
Victor Manuel Soto-Francés ◽  
Adrián Mota-Babiloni

This work focused on a compound PV/T waste heat driven ejector-heat pump system for simultaneous data centre cooling and waste heat recovery for district heating. The system uses PV/T waste heat as the generator’s heat source, acting with the vapour generated in an evaporative condenser as the ejector drive force. Conventional and advanced exergy and advanced exergoeconomic analyses are used to determine the cause and avoidable degree of the components’ exergy destruction rate and cost rates. Regarding the conventional exergy analysis for the whole system, the compressor represents the largest exergy destruction source of 26%. On the other hand, the generator shows the lowest sources (2%). The advanced exergy analysis indicates that 59.4% of the whole system thermodynamical inefficiencies can be avoided by further design optimisation. The compressor has the highest contribution to the destruction in the avoidable exergy destruction rate (21%), followed by the ejector (18%) and condenser (8%). Moreover, the advanced exergoeconomic results prove that 51% of the system costs are unavoidable. In system components cost comparison, the highest cost comes from the condenser, 30%. In the same context, the ejector has the lowest exergoeconomic factor, and it should be getting more attention to reduce the irreversibility by design improving. On the contrary, the evaporator has the highest exergoeconomic factor (94%).


Author(s):  
Avdhesh Kr. Sharma ◽  
Raj Kumar Singh

This article describes the energy and exergy analysis of the reduction zone in a downdraft biomass gasifier. A simplistic formulation for describing the pyrolysis and oxidation of these products has been presented for initialization. Equilibrium and kinetic models are used to predict the reduction products leaving the reduction zone and thus the 1st law efficiency. In the reduction zone, exergy destruction due to chemical, physical, compositional, internal heat transfer and heat loss to the surrounding has been quantified to describe 2nd law efficiency. The comparison of equilibrium and kinetic models is carried out with experimental data for general validity. Parametric analysis of char bed length and inflow temperature on gas composition, un-converted char, exergy destruction, 1st law and the 2nd law efficiency has also been carried out. Simulation results identified a critical char bed length (where all char gets consumed) for a given feedstock, which depends on residence time and reaction temperature in the reduction zone. Near critical char bed length, predictions show high calorific value of gas with relatively less exergy destruction and thus optimum reactor performance. The accuracy of the prediction depends on the validity of initial input conditions.


2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afif Akel Hasan ◽  
D. Y. Goswami

Exergy thermodynamics is employed to analyze a binary ammonia water mixture thermodynamic cycle that produces both power and refrigeration. The analysis includes exergy destruction for each component in the cycle as well as the first law and exergy efficiencies of the cycle. The optimum operating conditions are established by maximizing the cycle exergy efficiency for the case of a solar heat source. Performance of the cycle over a range of heat source temperatures of 320–460°K was investigated. It is found that increasing the heat source temperature does not necessarily produce higher exergy efficiency, as is the case for first law efficiency. The largest exergy destruction occurs in the absorber, while little exergy destruction takes place in the boiler.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 4842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryszard Zwierzchowski ◽  
Marcin Wołowicz

The paper contains a simplified energy and exergy analysis of pumps and pipelines system integrated with Thermal Energy Storage (TES). The analysis was performed for a combined heat and power plant (CHP) supplying heat to the District Heating System (DHS). The energy and exergy efficiency for the Block Part of the Siekierki CHP Plant in Warsaw was estimated. CHP Plant Siekierki is the largest CHP plant in Poland and the second largest in Europe. The energy and exergy analysis was executed for the three different values of ambient temperature. It is according to operation of the plant in different seasons: winter season (the lowest ambient temperature Tex = −20 °C, i.e., design point conditions), the intermediate season (average ambient temperature Tex = 1 °C), and summer (average ambient temperature Tex = 15 °C). The presented results of the analysis make it possible to identify the places of the greatest exergy destruction in the pumps and pipelines system with TES, and thus give the opportunity to take necessary improvement actions. Detailed results of the energy-exergy analysis show that both the energy consumption and the rate of exergy destruction in relation to the operation of the pumps and pipelines system of the CHP plant with TES for the tank charging and discharging processes are low.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad El-Hellani ◽  
Samira Al-Moussawi ◽  
Rachel El-Hage ◽  
Soha Talih ◽  
Rola Salman ◽  
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Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 3529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Cook ◽  
Eddy H. Trinklein ◽  
Gordon G. Parker ◽  
Rush D. Robinett ◽  
Wayne W. Weaver

This paper presents two control strategies: (i) An optimal exergy destruction (OXD) controller and (ii) a decentralized power apportionment (DPA) controller. The OXD controller is an analytical, closed-loop optimal feedforward controller developed utilizing exergy analysis to minimize exergy destruction in an AC inverter microgrid. The OXD controller requires a star or fully connected topology, whereas the DPA operates with no communication among the inverters. The DPA presents a viable alternative to conventional P − ω / Q − V droop control, and does not suffer from fluctuations in bus frequency or steady-state voltage while taking advantage of distributed storage assets necessary for the high penetration of renewable sources. The performances of OXD-, DPA-, and P − ω / Q − V droop-controlled microgrids are compared by simulation.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 395
Author(s):  
Jeongwoo Song ◽  
Han Ho Song

The exergy destruction due to the irreversibility of the combustion process has been regarded as one of the key losses of an internal combustion engine. However, there has been little discussion on the direct relationship between the exergy destruction and the work output potential of an engine. In this study, an analytical approach is applied to discuss the relationship between the exergy destruction and efficiency by assuming a simple thermodynamic system simulating an internal combustion engine operation. In this simplified configuration, the exergy destruction during the combustion process is mainly affected by the temperature, which supports well-known facts in the literature. However, regardless of this exergy destruction, the work potential in this simple engine architecture is mainly affected by the pressure during the combustion process. In other words, if these pressure conditions are the same, increasing the system temperature to reduce the exergy destruction does not lead to an increase in the expansion work; rather, it only results in an increase in the remaining exergy after expansion. In a typical internal combustion engine, temperatures before combustion timing must be increased to reduce the exergy destruction, but increasing pressure before combustion timing is a key strategy to increase efficiency.


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