Thermoeconomic analysis of a waste heat recovery system with fluctuating flue gas scenario
2022
Hsieh, Jui-Ching | Lai, Chun-Chieh | Chen, Yen-Hsun
The performance and economy of a waste heat recovery system featuring a fin tube heat exchanger (FTHE) and an organic Rankine cycle system with a fluctuating flue gas were investigated. The output power of this system increased with the temperature and mass flow rate of the flue gas (m˙f), which had positive and negative effects, respectively, on the effectiveness (εFT) of the FTHE. Furthermore, εFT increased with the evaporation temperature (Tₑᵥₐ). The system performance and economy can be increased and decreased, respectively, through an increase in Tₑᵥₐ, especially for as the m˙f less than the design conditions. A method in which the flow rate of the working fluid is restricted through adjustment of the rotation speed of the expander is proposed to reduce the heat absorbed by the evaporator when the evaporation temperature increases. At a low evaporation heat transfer rate, when the rotation speed of the expander decreased from 1350 to 900 rpm, the evaporation pressure increased from 1.36 to 1.77 MPa, and system efficiency and output power increased by 1.0% and 204.7 W, respectively. Finally, results of the experiment confirmed that increasing evaporation pressure can increase system performance under low heat transfer rate.
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