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Performance assessment of a CCHP and multi-effect desalination system based on GT/ORC with inlet air precooling

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  • You, Huailiang
  • Han, Jitian
  • Liu, Yang

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This paper proposes a combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP), and multi-effect desalination system to supply cooling, heating, power and freshwater. The proposed system mainly includes a gas turbine (GT), a multi-effect desalination unit with a thermal vapor compressor (MED-TVC), an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) integrated with a steam ejector refrigerator (SER), and heat exchangers. The mathematical model is developed to thermodynamically conduct energy-exergy analysis, and a parametric study is performed to explore the effects of key design parameters such as air compressor pressure ratio, inlet air temperature of air compressor, pinch point temperature difference of waste heat boiler, motive steam pressure of MED-TVC unit, TVC compression ratio and working medium flow rate of ORC on the system performance. The proposed system can provide power, heating, cooling and freshwater at loads of 31.25 MW, 1.108 MW, 4.203 MW and 85.89 kg/s under the design conditions. The electrical, the exergy, and the overall energy efficiencies of the present system are 36.44%, 41.26% and 46.70%, respectively. The results indicate that the power output of GT can be increased by precooling the inlet air of air compressor, and the integration of GT with MED-TVC unit, ORC and heat exchangers can efficiently recover the waste heat from exhaust gas based on the principle of “energy cascade utilization”. In addition, the largest exergy destruction occurs in the combustion chamber followed by regenerator 1 and the MED-TVC unit.

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  • You, Huailiang & Han, Jitian & Liu, Yang, 2019. "Performance assessment of a CCHP and multi-effect desalination system based on GT/ORC with inlet air precooling," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 286-298.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:185:y:2019:i:c:p:286-298
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.06.177
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