Parametric Optimization and Working Fluid Selection of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for Engine Cooling Water Waste Heat Recovery

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10.2991/itms-15.2015.243How to use a DOI?

Keywords

waste heat recovery; engine cooling water; working fluid

Abstract

In this paper, aimed to utilize engine cooling waste heat completely, thus promoting engine fuel economy significantly, organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system is proposed and investigated in detail. Considering environmental impact, four promising hydrocarbons, namely butane, isobutane, pentane and isopentane are taken into consideration. The results indicate that butane distinguishes among other fluids for the highest value of output power, and its output power is as large as 6.33kW, besides that its volumetric flow rate is relatively low as well. Pentane and isopentane can acquire a maximum thermal efficiency of 9.5% or more for the whole operating parameters.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bo Chen
AU  - Genquan Wang
AU  - Limin Zhang
PY  - 2015/11
DA  - 2015/11
TI  - Parametric Optimization and Working Fluid Selection of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for Engine Cooling Water Waste Heat Recovery
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management Science
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1007
EP  - 1010
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/itms-15.2015.243
DO  - 10.2991/itms-15.2015.243
ID  - Chen2015/11
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