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Dr Andrew J Haslam

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Fellow
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5618a.haslam CV

 
 
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Location

 

408Roderic Hill BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Oyewunmi:2017,
author = {Oyewunmi, OA and white, MT and Chatzopoulou, M and Haslam, A and Markides},
publisher = {ECOS-2017},
title = {Integrated Computer-Aided Working-Fluid Design and Power System Optimisation: Beyond Thermodynamic Modelling},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/51841},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Improvements in the thermal and economic performance of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems are requiredbefore the technology can be successfully implemented across a range of applications. The integration ofcomputer-aided molecular design (CAMD) with a process model of the ORC facilitates the combinedoptimisation of the working-fluid and the power system in a single modelling framework, which should enablesignificant improvements in the thermodynamic performance of the system. However, to investigate theeconomic performance of ORC systems it is necessary to develop component sizing models. Currently, thegroup-contribution equations of state used within CAMD, which determine the thermodynamic properties of aworking-fluid based on the functional groups from which it is composed, only derive the thermodynamicproperties of the working-fluid. Therefore, these do not allow critical components such as the evaporator andcondenser to be sized. This paper extends existing CAMD-ORC thermodynamic models by implementinggroup-contribution methods for the transport properties of hydrocarbon working-fluids into the CAMD-ORCmethodology. Not only does this facilitate the sizing of the heat exchangers, but also allows estimates of systemcosts by using suitable cost correlations. After introducing the CAMD-ORC model, based on the SAFT-γ Mieequation of state, the group-contribution methods for determining transport properties are presented alongsidesuitable heat exchanger sizing models. Finally, the full CAMD-ORC model incorporating the componentmodels is applied to a relevant case study. Initially a thermodynamic optimisation is completed to optimise theworking-fluid and thermodynamic cycle, and then the component models provide meaningful insights into theeffect of the working-fluid on the system components.
AU  - Oyewunmi,OA
AU  - white,MT
AU  - Chatzopoulou,M
AU  - Haslam,A
AU  - Markides
PB  - ECOS-2017
PY  - 2017///
TI  - Integrated Computer-Aided Working-Fluid Design and Power System Optimisation: Beyond Thermodynamic Modelling
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/51841
ER  -
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