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Optimization of an Organic Rankine Cycle System for an LNG-Powered Ship

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  • Jamin Koo

    (Department of Chemical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul 04066, Korea)

  • Soung-Ryong Oh

    (R&D Center, Gas Technology Compression Company, Changwon 52032, Korea)

  • Yeo-Ul Choi

    (R&D Center, Gas Technology Compression Company, Changwon 52032, Korea)

  • Jae-Hoon Jung

    (R&D Center, Gas Technology Compression Company, Changwon 52032, Korea)

  • Kyungtae Park

    (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Korea)

Abstract

Recovering energy from waste energy sources is an important issue as environmental pollution and the energy crisis become serious. In the same context, recovering liquefied natural gas (LNG) cold energy from an LNG-powered ship is also important in terms of energy savings. To this end, this study investigated a novel solution for a LNG-powered ship to recover LNG cold energy. Six different organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems (three for high-pressure dual-fuel engines and three for medium-pressure dual-fuel engines) were proposed and optimized; nine different working fluids were investigated; annualized costs for installing proposed ORC systems were estimated based on the optimization results. In addition, a sensitivity analysis was performed to identify the effect of uncertainties on the performance of the ORC systems. As a result, the ORC system for the medium-pressure engines with direct expansion, multi-condensation levels, and a high evaporation temperature exhibited the best performance in terms of exergy efficiency, net power output and actual annualized cost. These results demonstrate the possibility of replacing a typical LNG supply system with an ORC system.

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  • Jamin Koo & Soung-Ryong Oh & Yeo-Ul Choi & Jae-Hoon Jung & Kyungtae Park, 2019. "Optimization of an Organic Rankine Cycle System for an LNG-Powered Ship," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-17, May.
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