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Thermoeconomic performance of supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle systems for CNG engine waste heat recovery

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  • Yu, Mingzhe
  • Yang, Fubin
  • Zhang, Hongguang
  • Yan, Yinlian
  • Ping, Xu
  • Pan, Yachao
  • Xing, Chengda
  • Yang, Anren

Abstract

The supercritical carbon dioxide (S–CO2) Brayton cycle is a potential technology for recovering waste heat from compressed natural gas (CNG) engines. To choose suitable cycle configurations is important considering the complex operating characteristics of CNG engines. The traditional evaluation models of the S–CO2 cycles configuration are relatively one-sided without the comprehensive considerations of evaluation metrics. On the basis of the analytic hierarchy process and information entropy theory, this paper proposes a multi-dimensional comprehensive evaluation method for S–CO2 cycles from three perspectives: thermodynamic, economic, and environmental performance. A thermoeconomic performance optimization is conducted using a non-dominated genetic algorithm Ⅱ. Unlike most of the existing researches that use a single stable operating condition, this paper considers the full operating conditions of engines. Results show that the recompression cycle has the best overall performance among the investigated cycles with an exergy efficiency and electricity production cost of 67.20 % and 0.45 $/kWh, respectively. The efficiency improvement of the CNG engine coupled with the WHR system can reach up to 6.31 %. This study can provide a new reference for the comprehensive multidimensional evaluation and performance characteristics and optimal performance acquisition under full engine operating conditions of the S–CO2 cycle.

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  • Yu, Mingzhe & Yang, Fubin & Zhang, Hongguang & Yan, Yinlian & Ping, Xu & Pan, Yachao & Xing, Chengda & Yang, Anren, 2024. "Thermoeconomic performance of supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle systems for CNG engine waste heat recovery," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 289(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:289:y:2024:i:c:s0360544223033662
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129972
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