IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v83y2015icp696-711.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Parametric analysis and optimization of a small-scale radial turbine for Organic Rankine Cycle

Author

Listed:
  • Rahbar, Kiyarash
  • Mahmoud, Saad
  • Al-Dadah, Raya K.
  • Moazami, Nima

Abstract

Organic Rankine Cycle converts low grade heat sources into power utilizing organic fluids with low boiling temperature and pressure. In this cycle the design and performance of the expander has a significant impact on the cycle's overall efficiency. This work presents an integrated mathematical approach for the development of an efficient and compact small-scale radial turbine. This mathematical approach integrates the mean-line modelling with real gas formulation and GA(genetic algorithm) optimisation technique. In this methodology, the mean-line modelling coupled with real gas formulation is employed to perform parametric studies to identify the key variables that have significant effect on the turbine efficiency. Such variables are then used in the GA to optimise the turbine performance. Eight organic fluids are investigated to optimise the performance of the small-scale radial turbine in terms of efficiency. Results showed that the achieved radial turbine efficiencies vary from 82.9% to 84%; which is higher than the reported efficiency values of other types of expanders. R152a showed the highest efficiency of 84% with seven degrees (K) of superheating. However, if the superheating is to be avoided, isobutane exhibited the most favourable characteristics in terms of efficiency (83.82%), rotor size (66.3 mm) and inlet temperature (89.2 °C).

Suggested Citation

  • Rahbar, Kiyarash & Mahmoud, Saad & Al-Dadah, Raya K. & Moazami, Nima, 2015. "Parametric analysis and optimization of a small-scale radial turbine for Organic Rankine Cycle," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 696-711.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:83:y:2015:i:c:p:696-711
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.02.079
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544215002340
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2015.02.079?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Tempesti, Duccio & Manfrida, Giampaolo & Fiaschi, Daniele, 2012. "Thermodynamic analysis of two micro CHP systems operating with geothermal and solar energy," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 609-617.
    2. Saleh, Bahaa & Koglbauer, Gerald & Wendland, Martin & Fischer, Johann, 2007. "Working fluids for low-temperature organic Rankine cycles," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 32(7), pages 1210-1221.
    3. Rashidi, M.M. & Galanis, N. & Nazari, F. & Basiri Parsa, A. & Shamekhi, L., 2011. "Parametric analysis and optimization of regenerative Clausius and organic Rankine cycles with two feedwater heaters using artificial bees colony and artificial neural network," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(9), pages 5728-5740.
    4. Pei, Gang & Li, Jing & Li, Yunzhu & Wang, Dongyue & Ji, Jie, 2011. "Construction and dynamic test of a small-scale organic rankine cycle," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(5), pages 3215-3223.
    5. Kang, Seok Hun, 2012. "Design and experimental study of ORC (organic Rankine cycle) and radial turbine using R245fa working fluid," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 514-524.
    6. Liu, Bo & Rivière, Philippe & Coquelet, Christophe & Gicquel, Renaud & David, Franck, 2012. "Investigation of a two stage Rankine cycle for electric power plants," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 285-294.
    7. Guzović, Zvonimir & Rašković, Predrag & Blatarić, Zoran, 2014. "The comparision of a basic and a dual-pressure ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle): Geothermal Power Plant Velika Ciglena case study," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 175-186.
    8. Clemente, Stefano & Micheli, Diego & Reini, Mauro & Taccani, Rodolfo, 2012. "Energy efficiency analysis of Organic Rankine Cycles with scroll expanders for cogenerative applications," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 792-801.
    9. Wang, Jiangfeng & Yan, Zhequan & Wang, Man & Ma, Shaolin & Dai, Yiping, 2013. "Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of an (organic Rankine cycle) ORC using low grade heat source," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 356-365.
    10. Wang, E.H. & Zhang, H.G. & Fan, B.Y. & Ouyang, M.G. & Zhao, Y. & Mu, Q.H., 2011. "Study of working fluid selection of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) for engine waste heat recovery," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(5), pages 3406-3418.
    11. Sauret, Emilie & Rowlands, Andrew S., 2011. "Candidate radial-inflow turbines and high-density working fluids for geothermal power systems," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(7), pages 4460-4467.
    12. Madhawa Hettiarachchi, H.D. & Golubovic, Mihajlo & Worek, William M. & Ikegami, Yasuyuki, 2007. "Optimum design criteria for an Organic Rankine cycle using low-temperature geothermal heat sources," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 32(9), pages 1698-1706.
    13. Clemente, Stefano & Micheli, Diego & Reini, Mauro & Taccani, Rodolfo, 2013. "Bottoming organic Rankine cycle for a small scale gas turbine: A comparison of different solutions," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 355-364.
    14. Fiaschi, Daniele & Manfrida, Giampaolo & Maraschiello, Francesco, 2012. "Thermo-fluid dynamics preliminary design of turbo-expanders for ORC cycles," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 601-608.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Nithesh, K.G. & Chatterjee, Dhiman, 2016. "Numerical prediction of the performance of radial inflow turbine designed for ocean thermal energy conversion system," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 167(C), pages 1-16.
    2. Chandramouli, R. & Srinivasa Rao, M.S.S. & Ramji, K., 2015. "Parametric and optimization studies of reheat and regenerative Braysson cycle," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 93(P2), pages 2146-2156.
    3. Jankowski, Marcin & Klonowicz, Piotr & Borsukiewicz, Aleksandra, 2021. "Multi-objective optimization of an ORC power plant using one-dimensional design of a radial-inflow turbine with backswept rotor blades," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 237(C).
    4. Mounier, Violette & Olmedo, Luis Eric & Schiffmann, Jürg, 2018. "Small scale radial inflow turbine performance and pre-design maps for Organic Rankine Cycles," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 1072-1084.
    5. Leveni, Martina & Manfrida, Giampaolo & Cozzolino, Raffaello & Mendecka, Barbara, 2019. "Energy and exergy analysis of cold and power production from the geothermal reservoir of Torre Alfina," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 807-818.
    6. Liu, Yanjun & Xue, Yifan & Chen, Yun & Liu, Weimin & Ge, Yunzheng & Zhang, Li, 2022. "Identification of nonparametric thermodynamic model and optimization of ocean thermal energy conversion radial inflow turbine," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 321(C).
    7. Da Lio, Luca & Manente, Giovanni & Lazzaretto, Andrea, 2017. "A mean-line model to predict the design efficiency of radial inflow turbines in organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 205(C), pages 187-209.
    8. Al Jubori, Ayad M. & Al-Dadah, Raya K. & Mahmoud, Saad & Daabo, Ahmed, 2017. "Modelling and parametric analysis of small-scale axial and radial-outflow turbines for Organic Rankine Cycle applications," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 981-996.
    9. Zhu, Sipeng & Deng, Kangyao & Liu, Sheng, 2015. "Modeling and extrapolating mass flow characteristics of a radial turbocharger turbine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 628-637.
    10. Kaczmarczyk, Tomasz Z. & Żywica, Grzegorz & Ihnatowicz, Eugeniusz, 2017. "The impact of changes in the geometry of a radial microturbine stage on the efficiency of the micro CHP plant based on ORC," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 137(C), pages 530-543.
    11. Yao, Lichao & Zou, Zhengping, 2020. "A one-dimensional design methodology for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycles: Integration of cycle conceptual design and components preliminary design," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 276(C).
    12. Ma, Qingfen & Gao, Zezhou & Huang, Jie & Mahian, Omid & Feng, Xin & Lu, Hui & Wang, Shenghui & Wang, Chengpeng & Tang, Rongnian & Li, Jingru, 2023. "Thermodynamic analysis and turbine design of a 100 kW OTEC-ORC with binary non-azeotropic working fluid," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 263(PE).
    13. Peng Li & Zhonghe Han & Xiaoqiang Jia & Zhongkai Mei & Xu Han, 2018. "Analysis of the Effects of Blade Installation Angle and Blade Number on Radial-Inflow Turbine Stator Flow Performance," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-15, August.
    14. Al-Mousawi, Fadhel Noraldeen & Al-Dadah, Raya & Mahmoud, Saad, 2016. "Low grade heat driven adsorption system for cooling and power generation with small-scale radial inflow turbine," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 1302-1316.
    15. Zhao, Rongchao & Zhuge, Weilin & Zhang, Yangjun & Yin, Yong & Zhao, Yanting & Chen, Zhen, 2016. "Parametric study of a turbocompound diesel engine based on an analytical model," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(P1), pages 435-445.
    16. Yang, Fubin & Zhang, Hongguang & Bei, Chen & Song, Songsong & Wang, Enhua, 2015. "Parametric optimization and performance analysis of ORC (organic Rankine cycle) for diesel engine waste heat recovery with a fin-and-tube evaporator," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 128-141.
    17. Meroni, Andrea & Robertson, Miles & Martinez-Botas, Ricardo & Haglind, Fredrik, 2018. "A methodology for the preliminary design and performance prediction of high-pressure ratio radial-inflow turbines," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 1062-1078.
    18. Joy, Jubil & Kochunni, Sarun Kumar & Chowdhury, Kanchan, 2022. "Size reduction and enhanced power generation in ORC by vaporizing LNG at high supercritical pressure irrespective of delivery pressure," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 260(C).
    19. Al Jubori, Ayad M. & Al-Dadah, Raya & Mahmoud, Saad, 2017. "Performance enhancement of a small-scale organic Rankine cycle radial-inflow turbine through multi-objective optimization algorithm," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 297-311.
    20. White, Martin & Sayma, Abdulnaser I., 2016. "Improving the economy-of-scale of small organic rankine cycle systems through appropriate working fluid selection," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 1227-1239.
    21. Kang, Seok Hun, 2016. "Design and preliminary tests of ORC (organic Rankine cycle) with two-stage radial turbine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 142-154.
    22. Enhua Wang & Ningjian Peng, 2023. "A Review on the Preliminary Design of Axial and Radial Turbines for Small-Scale Organic Rankine Cycle," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-20, April.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Bao, Junjiang & Zhao, Li, 2013. "A review of working fluid and expander selections for organic Rankine cycle," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 325-342.
    2. Lisheng Pan & Huaixin Wang, 2019. "Experimental Investigation on Performance of an Organic Rankine Cycle System Integrated with a Radial Flow Turbine," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-20, February.
    3. Subiantoro, Alison & Ooi, Kim Tiow, 2014. "Comparison and performance analysis of the novel revolving vane expander design variants in low and medium pressure applications," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 747-757.
    4. Cavazzini, G. & Bari, S. & Pavesi, G. & Ardizzon, G., 2017. "A multi-fluid PSO-based algorithm for the search of the best performance of sub-critical Organic Rankine Cycles," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 42-58.
    5. Calise, Francesco & Dentice d'Accadia, Massimo & Macaluso, Adriano & Vanoli, Laura & Piacentino, Antonio, 2016. "A novel solar-geothermal trigeneration system integrating water desalination: Design, dynamic simulation and economic assessment," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(P3), pages 1533-1547.
    6. Steven Lecompte & Sanne Lemmens & Henk Huisseune & Martijn Van den Broek & Michel De Paepe, 2015. "Multi-Objective Thermo-Economic Optimization Strategy for ORCs Applied to Subcritical and Transcritical Cycles for Waste Heat Recovery," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-28, April.
    7. Ibarra, Mercedes & Rovira, Antonio & Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César & Blanco, Julián, 2014. "Performance of a 5kWe Organic Rankine Cycle at part-load operation," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 147-158.
    8. Zhang, Ye-Qiang & Wu, Yu-Ting & Xia, Guo-Dong & Ma, Chong-Fang & Ji, Wei-Ning & Liu, Shan-Wei & Yang, Kai & Yang, Fu-Bin, 2014. "Development and experimental study on organic Rankine cycle system with single-screw expander for waste heat recovery from exhaust of diesel engine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 499-508.
    9. Yun, Eunkoo & Kim, Dokyun & Yoon, Sang Youl & Kim, Kyung Chun, 2015. "Experimental investigation of an organic Rankine cycle with multiple expanders used in parallel," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 246-254.
    10. Lei, Biao & Wu, Yu-Ting & Wang, Wei & Wang, Jing-Fu & Ma, Chong-Fang, 2014. "A study on lubricant oil supply for positive-displacement expanders in small-scale organic Rankine cycles," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 846-853.
    11. Al Jubori, Ayad M. & Al-Dadah, Raya K. & Mahmoud, Saad & Daabo, Ahmed, 2017. "Modelling and parametric analysis of small-scale axial and radial-outflow turbines for Organic Rankine Cycle applications," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 981-996.
    12. Sauret, Emilie & Gu, Yuantong, 2014. "Three-dimensional off-design numerical analysis of an organic Rankine cycle radial-inflow turbine," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 202-211.
    13. Fuhaid Alshammari & Apostolos Karvountzis-Kontakiotis & Apostolos Pesyridis & Muhammad Usman, 2018. "Expander Technologies for Automotive Engine Organic Rankine Cycle Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-36, July.
    14. Li, Tailu & Zhu, Jialing & Hu, Kaiyong & Kang, Zhenhua & Zhang, Wei, 2014. "Implementation of PDORC (parallel double-evaporator organic Rankine cycle) to enhance power output in oilfield," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 680-687.
    15. Yang, Min-Hsiung & Yeh, Rong-Hua, 2015. "Thermo-economic optimization of an organic Rankine cycle system for large marine diesel engine waste heat recovery," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 256-268.
    16. Li, Jing & Pei, Gang & Li, Yunzhu & Ji, Jie, 2013. "Analysis of a novel gravity driven organic Rankine cycle for small-scale cogeneration applications," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 34-44.
    17. Yang, Min-Hsiung & Yeh, Rong-Hua, 2016. "Economic performances optimization of an organic Rankine cycle system with lower global warming potential working fluids in geothermal application," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 1201-1213.
    18. Braimakis, Konstantinos & Karellas, Sotirios, 2017. "Integrated thermoeconomic optimization of standard and regenerative ORC for different heat source types and capacities," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 570-598.
    19. Wang, E.H. & Zhang, H.G. & Zhao, Y. & Fan, B.Y. & Wu, Y.T. & Mu, Q.H., 2012. "Performance analysis of a novel system combining a dual loop organic Rankine cycle (ORC) with a gasoline engine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 385-395.
    20. Zhang, H.G. & Wang, E.H. & Fan, B.Y., 2013. "A performance analysis of a novel system of a dual loop bottoming organic Rankine cycle (ORC) with a light-duty diesel engine," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 1504-1513.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:83:y:2015:i:c:p:696-711. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.