Experimental study of an organic Rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and R123

A new micro radial inflow turbine is developed fora mini organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system in this study. With R123 as the working fluid, the turbine operational characteristics and performance are investigated by experiments. Based on the experimental data, the maximum rotational speed of the radi...

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Main Authors: Shao, Long, Zhu, Jie, Meng, Xiangrui, Wei, Xinli, Ma, Xinling
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Published: Elsevier 2017
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author Shao, Long
Zhu, Jie
Meng, Xiangrui
Wei, Xinli
Ma, Xinling
author_facet Shao, Long
Zhu, Jie
Meng, Xiangrui
Wei, Xinli
Ma, Xinling
author_sort Shao, Long
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description A new micro radial inflow turbine is developed fora mini organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system in this study. With R123 as the working fluid, the turbine operational characteristics and performance are investigated by experiments. Based on the experimental data, the maximum rotational speed of the radial inflow turbine reaches53564r/min, and the maximum output power of the turbine is3.386kW and the maximum electric power reaches1.884kW. When the turbine rotational speed is34586r/min, the system isentropic and electromechanical efficiencies achieve the maximum values of 83.6% and65.3% respectively. Both the turbine isentropic and thermal efficiencies increase with the heat source temperature.
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spelling nottingham-435742020-05-04T19:55:54Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43574/ Experimental study of an organic Rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and R123 Shao, Long Zhu, Jie Meng, Xiangrui Wei, Xinli Ma, Xinling A new micro radial inflow turbine is developed fora mini organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system in this study. With R123 as the working fluid, the turbine operational characteristics and performance are investigated by experiments. Based on the experimental data, the maximum rotational speed of the radial inflow turbine reaches53564r/min, and the maximum output power of the turbine is3.386kW and the maximum electric power reaches1.884kW. When the turbine rotational speed is34586r/min, the system isentropic and electromechanical efficiencies achieve the maximum values of 83.6% and65.3% respectively. Both the turbine isentropic and thermal efficiencies increase with the heat source temperature. Elsevier 2017-09 Article PeerReviewed Shao, Long, Zhu, Jie, Meng, Xiangrui, Wei, Xinli and Ma, Xinling (2017) Experimental study of an organic Rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and R123. Applied Thermal Engineering, 124 . pp. 940-947. ISSN 1873-5606 organic Rankine cycle; radial inflow turbine; isentropic efficiency; thermal efficiency http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431117339200 doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.06.042 doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.06.042
spellingShingle organic Rankine cycle; radial inflow turbine; isentropic efficiency; thermal efficiency
Shao, Long
Zhu, Jie
Meng, Xiangrui
Wei, Xinli
Ma, Xinling
Experimental study of an organic Rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and R123
title Experimental study of an organic Rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and R123
title_full Experimental study of an organic Rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and R123
title_fullStr Experimental study of an organic Rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and R123
title_full_unstemmed Experimental study of an organic Rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and R123
title_short Experimental study of an organic Rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and R123
title_sort experimental study of an organic rankine cycle system with radial inflow turbine and r123
topic organic Rankine cycle; radial inflow turbine; isentropic efficiency; thermal efficiency
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