Imperial College London
Dr Oyeniyi Oyewunmi

Dr Oyeniyi Oyewunmi

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Pantaleo:2017:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.095,
author = {Pantaleo, AM and markides and Oyewunmi and Chatzopoulou and white, M and haslam},
doi = {10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.095},
pages = {152--159},
publisher = {Elsevier},
title = {Integrated computer-aided working-fluid design and thermoeconomic ORC system optimisation},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.095},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - The successful commercialisation of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems across a range of power outputs and heat-source temperatures demands step-changes in both improved thermodynamic performance and reduced investment costs. The former can be achieved through high-performance components and optimised system architectures operating with novel working-fluids, whilst the latter requires careful component-technology selection, economies of scale, learning curves and a proper selection of materials and cycle configurations. In this context, thermoeconomic optimisation of the whole power-system should be completed aimed at maximising profitability. This paper couples the computer-aided molecular design (CAMD) of the working-fluid with ORC thermodynamic models, including recuperated and other alternative (e.g., partial evaporation or trilateral) cycles, and a thermoeconomic system assessment. The developed CAMD-ORC framework integrates an advanced molecular-based group-contribution equation of state, SAFT-γ Mie, with a thermodynamic description of the system, and is capable of simultaneously optimising the working-fluid structure, and the thermodynamic system. The advantage of the proposed CAMD-ORC methodology is that it removes subjective and pre-emptive screening criteria that would otherwise exist in conventional working-fluid selection studies. The framework is used to optimise hydrocarbon working-fluids for three different heat sources (150, 250 and 350 °C, each with mcp = 4.2 kW/K). In each case, the optimal combination of working-fluid and ORC system architecture is identified, and system investment costs are evaluated through component sizing models. It is observed that optimal working fluids that minimise the specific investment cost (SIC) are not the same as those that maximise power output. For the three heat sources the optimal working-fluids that minimise the SIC are isobutane, 2-pentene and 2-heptene, with SICs of 4.03, 2.22 and 1.84 £/W res
AU  - Pantaleo,AM
AU  - markides
AU  - Oyewunmi
AU  - Chatzopoulou
AU  - white,M
AU  - haslam
DO  - 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.095
EP  - 159
PB  - Elsevier
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1876-6102
SP  - 152
TI  - Integrated computer-aided working-fluid design and thermoeconomic ORC system optimisation
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.095
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/51736
ER  -
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