Organic Rankine Cycle; Concentrating solar power; parabolic through
Abstract :
[en] This study aims at developing and optimizing an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for a small scale, decentralized parabolic trough system.
A numerical model the Organic Rankine Cycle is developed and an experimental study is carried out on an ORC prototype working with refrigerant HCFC-123, and whose heat sources consist in two hot air flows. The ORC model is built by connecting different sub-models: the heat exchanger models, a volumetric pump model and a scroll expander model. Measured performances of the ORC prototype are presented and allow the validation of the ORC model.
Disciplines :
Energy
Author, co-author :
Quoilin, Sylvain ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Thermotechnique
Orosz, Matthew; Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT > Civil & Environmental Engineering
Lemort, Vincent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Thermodynamique appliquée
Language :
English
Title :
Modeling and experimental investigation of an Organic Rankine Cycle using scroll expander for small scale solar applications
Publication date :
October 2008
Event name :
1st International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Building
