[en] This study investigates the possibility to associate a scroll expander to a heat recovery Rankine cycle, working with water. In view to develop such a scroll expander, three scroll compressors are adapted to be run in expander mode. The three tested expanders are fed with water steam and air. Two of them need to be lubricated. The third expander is also fed with a binary mixture of water and propylene glycol. A model of scroll expander is proposed and validated.
Disciplines :
Mechanical engineering
Author, co-author :
Lemort, Vincent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Turbomachines et propulsion aérospatiale
Teodorese, Ion; Université de Liège - ULiège > Laboratoire de Thermodynamique
Language :
English
Title :
Experimental Study of the Integration of a Scroll Expander into a Heat Recovery Rankine Cycle
Publication date :
July 2006
Event name :
18th International Compressor Engineering Conference
