Computational modelling of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine

Escalating fuel prices and carbon dioxide emission are causing new interest in methods to increase the thrust force of an aircraft engine with limitation of fuel consumption. One viable means is the conversion of exhaust engine waste heat to a more useful form of energy or to be used in the aircraft...

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Main Author: Saadon, Syamimi
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Published: E D P Sciences 2018
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description Escalating fuel prices and carbon dioxide emission are causing new interest in methods to increase the thrust force of an aircraft engine with limitation of fuel consumption. One viable means is the conversion of exhaust engine waste heat to a more useful form of energy or to be used in the aircraft environmental system. A onedimensional analysis method has been proposed for the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for turbofan engine in this paper. The paper contains two main parts: validation of the numerical model and a performance prediction of turbofan engine integrated to an ORC system. The cycle is compared with industrial waste heat recovery system from Hangzhou Chinen Steam Turbine Power CO., Ltd. The results show that thrust specific fuel consumption (TSFC) of the turbofan engine reach lowest value at 0.91 lbm/lbf.h for 7000 lbf of thrust force. When the system installation weight is applied, the system results in a 2.0% reduction in fuel burn. Hence implementation of ORC system for waste heat recovery to an aircraft engine can bring a great potential to the aviation industry.
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spelling upm-720892020-02-06T08:43:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72089/ Computational modelling of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine Saadon, Syamimi Escalating fuel prices and carbon dioxide emission are causing new interest in methods to increase the thrust force of an aircraft engine with limitation of fuel consumption. One viable means is the conversion of exhaust engine waste heat to a more useful form of energy or to be used in the aircraft environmental system. A onedimensional analysis method has been proposed for the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for turbofan engine in this paper. The paper contains two main parts: validation of the numerical model and a performance prediction of turbofan engine integrated to an ORC system. The cycle is compared with industrial waste heat recovery system from Hangzhou Chinen Steam Turbine Power CO., Ltd. The results show that thrust specific fuel consumption (TSFC) of the turbofan engine reach lowest value at 0.91 lbm/lbf.h for 7000 lbf of thrust force. When the system installation weight is applied, the system results in a 2.0% reduction in fuel burn. Hence implementation of ORC system for waste heat recovery to an aircraft engine can bring a great potential to the aviation industry. E D P Sciences 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72089/1/Computational%20modelling%20of%20an%20Organic%20Rankine%20Cycle%20%28ORC%29%20waste%20heat.pdf Saadon, Syamimi (2018) Computational modelling of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine. MATEC Web of Conferences, 151. art. no. 02001. pp. 1-6. ISSN 2274-7214; ESSN: 2261-236X https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/abs/2018/10/matecconf_acmae2018_02001/matecconf_acmae2018_02001.html 10.1051/matecconf/201815102001
spellingShingle Saadon, Syamimi
Computational modelling of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine
title Computational modelling of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine
title_full Computational modelling of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine
title_fullStr Computational modelling of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine
title_full_unstemmed Computational modelling of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine
title_short Computational modelling of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine
title_sort computational modelling of an organic rankine cycle (orc) waste heat recovery system for an aircraft engine
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