Preliminary Design of an Axial-Flow Turbine for Small-Scale Supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle
| Autor: | Enhua Wang, Hongguang Zhang, Ningjian Peng |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Overall pressure ratio
Organic Rankine cycle Technology mean-line model Control and Optimization Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Energy Engineering and Power Technology Aerodynamics Turbine Automotive engineering Tip clearance Axial compressor multi-stage axial turbine Mass flow rate Trailing edge Environmental science trailing edge thickness Electrical and Electronic Engineering Engineering (miscellaneous) efficiency improvement Energy (miscellaneous) small-scale orc |
| Zdroj: | Energies Volume 14 Issue 17 Energies, Vol 14, Iss 5277, p 5277 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1996-1073 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/en14175277 |
| Popis: | A small-scale organic Rankine cycle (ORC) with kW-class power output has a wide application prospect in industrial low-grade energy utilization. Increasing the expansion pressure ratio of small-scale ORC is an effective approach to improve the energy efficiency. However, there is a lack of suitable expander for small-scale ORC that can operate with a high efficiency under the condition of large expansion pressure ratio and small mass flow rate. Aiming at the design of high-efficiency axial-flow turbine in small ORC system, this paper investigates the performance of a kW-class axial-flow turbine and proposes a method for efficiency improvement. First, the preliminary design of an axial-flow turbine is conducted to optimize the geometric parameters and aerodynamic parameters. Then, the effects of tip clearance and trailing edge thickness on turbine performance are analyzed under design and off-design conditions. The results show that the efficiency of the two-stage or three-stage turbine is evidently better than that of the single-stage one. The output power and efficiency of the three-stage turbine are close to that of the two-stage turbine while the speed is lower. Meanwhile, the trailing edge loss and leakage loss can be significantly reduced via reducing the trailing edge thickness and tip clearance, and thus the turbine efficiency can be improved significantly. The estimated efficiency arrives at 0.82, which is 33% higher than that of the conventional turbine. Considering the limitation of turbine speed, three-stage axial-flow turbine is a feasible choice to improve turbine efficiency in a small-scale ORC. |
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