Abstract
This paper presents the rational for the selection of fluids for use in a model based study of sub and supercritical Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). The study focuses on multiple vehicle heat sources and the potential of WHR ORC’s for its conversion into useful work. The work presented on fluid selection is generally applicable to any waste heat recovery system, either stationary or mobile and, with careful consideration, is also applicable to single heat sources. The fluid selection process presented reduces the number of potential fluids from over one hundred to a group of under twenty fluids for further refinement in a model based WHR ORC performance study. The selection process uses engineering judgement, legislation and, where applicable, health and safety as fluid selection or de-selection criteria. This paper also investigates and discusses the properties of specific ORC fluids with regard to their impact on the theoretical potential for delivering efficient WHR ORC work output. The paper concludes by looking at potential temperature and pressure WHR ORC limits with regard to fluid properties thereby assisting with the generation of WHR ORC simulation boundary conditions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 399-409 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | International Journal of Automotive Technology |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 24 Mar 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2015 |
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Roy Douglas
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Emeritus Professor
- Research Centre in Sustainable Energy
- Clean Energies
Person: Emeritus, Academic
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Geoffrey McCullough
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Senior Lecturer
- Clean Energies
- Research Centre in Sustainable Energy
Person: Academic