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Waste Heat Recovery from Diesel Engine Exhaust Using a Single-Screw Expander Organic Rankine Cycle System: Experimental Investigation of Exergy Destruction

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  • Yeqiang Zhang

    (School of Electric Power Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
    School of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 5 Dongfeng Road, Zhengzhou 450000, China
    Guangdong Chigo Air Conditioning Co., Ltd., Foshan 528244, China)

  • Biao Lei

    (Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, No. 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China)

  • Zubair Masaud

    (Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon 305-343, Korea
    Department of Advanced Energy and System Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-350, Korea)

  • Muhammad Imran

    (Mechanical Engineering and Design, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK)

  • Yuting Wu

    (Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, No. 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China)

  • Jinping Liu

    (School of Electric Power Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China)

  • Xiaoding Qin

    (Guangdong Chigo Air Conditioning Co., Ltd., Foshan 528244, China)

  • Hafiz Ali Muhammad

    (Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon 305-343, Korea
    Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-350, Korea)

Abstract

The organic Rankine cycle is a mature small-scale power generation technology for harnessing low- to mid-temperature heat sources. However, the low efficiency of the cycle still hinders its widespread implementation. To optimize the cycle’s performance, it is crucial to identify the source and magnitude of losses within each component of the cycle. This study, thus, aims to investigate the irreversible losses and their effect on the performance of the system. A prototype organic Rankine cycle (ORC) with the exhaust of a diesel engine as the heat source was developed to experimentally investigate the system and ascertain the losses. The experiments were performed at steady-state conditions at different evaporation pressures from 1300 kPa to 1600 kPa. The exergy loss and exergetic efficiency of the individual component and the overall system was estimated from the experimentally measurement of the pressure, temperature, and mass flow rate. The results indicate that the exergy losses of the evaporator are almost 60 kW at different evaporation pressures and the exergy loss rate is from 69.1% to 65.1%, which accounted for most of the total exergy loss rate in the organic Rankine cycle system. Meanwhile, the highest shaft efficiency and exergetic efficiency of the screw expander are 49.8% and 38.4%, respectively, and the exergy losses and exergy loss rate of the pump and pipe are less than 0.5 kW and 1%. Due to the relatively higher exergy loss of the evaporator and the low efficiency of expander, the highest exergetic efficiency of the organic Rankine cycle system is about 10.8%. The study concludes that the maximum improvement potential lies in the evaporator, followed by the expander.

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  • Yeqiang Zhang & Biao Lei & Zubair Masaud & Muhammad Imran & Yuting Wu & Jinping Liu & Xiaoding Qin & Hafiz Ali Muhammad, 2020. "Waste Heat Recovery from Diesel Engine Exhaust Using a Single-Screw Expander Organic Rankine Cycle System: Experimental Investigation of Exergy Destruction," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-15, November.
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