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Energy and exergy analyses of a biomass trigeneration system using an organic Rankine cycle

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  • Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A.
  • Dincer, Ibrahim
  • Hamdullahpur, Feridun

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In this study, energy and exergy analyses of a biomass trigeneration system using an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) are presented. Four cases are considered for analysis: electrical-power, cooling-cogeneration, heating-cogeneration and trigeneration cases. The results obtained reveal that the best performance of the trigeneration system considered can be obtained with the lowest ORC evaporator pinch temperature considered, Tpp = 20 K, and the lowest ORC minimum temperature, T9 = 345 K. In addition, this study reveals that there is a significant improvement when trigeneration is used as compared to only electrical power production. This study demonstrates that the fuel utilization efficiency increases, in average, from 12% for electrical power to 88% for trigeneration. Moreover, the maximum exergy efficiency of the ORC is 13% and, when trigeneration is used, it increases to 28%. Furthermore, this study reveals that the electrical to cooling ratio can be controlled through changing the ORC evaporator pinch point temperature and/or the pump inlet temperature. In addition, the study reveals that the biomass burner and the ORC evaporator are the main two sources of exergy destruction. The biomass burner contributes to 55% of the total destructed exergy whereas the ORC evaporator contributes to 38% of the total destructed exergy.

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  • Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A. & Dincer, Ibrahim & Hamdullahpur, Feridun, 2012. "Energy and exergy analyses of a biomass trigeneration system using an organic Rankine cycle," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 45(1), pages 975-985.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:45:y:2012:i:1:p:975-985
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.06.060
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