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Evaluation of Using Gas Turbine to Increase Efficiency of the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)

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  • Dominika Matuszewska

    (AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Ave., 30-059 Cracow, Poland)

  • Piotr Olczak

    (Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 7A Wybickiego St., 31-261 Cracow, Poland)

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Power conversion systems based on the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) have been identified as a potential technology especially in converting low-grade renewable sources or waste heat. However, it is necessary to improve efficiency of ORC systems. This paper focuses on use of low geothermal resources (for temperature range of 80–128 °C and mass flow 100 kg/s) by using modified ORC. A modification of conventional binary power plant is conducted by combining gas turbines to increase quality of steam from a geothermal well. An analysis has been conducted for three different working fluids: R245fa, R1233zd(E) and R600. The paper discusses the impact of parameter changes not only on system efficiency but on other performance indicators. The results were compared with a conventional geothermal Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). Increasing of geothermal steam quality by supplying exhaust gas from a gas turbine to the installation has a positive effect on the system efficiency and power. The highest efficiency of the modified ORC system has been obtained for R1233zd(E) as a working fluid and it reaches values from 12.21% to 19.20% (depending on the temperature of the geothermal brine). In comparison, an ORC system without gas turbine support reaches values from 9.43% to 17.54%.

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  • Dominika Matuszewska & Piotr Olczak, 2020. "Evaluation of Using Gas Turbine to Increase Efficiency of the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-21, March.
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