Potentials of zeotropic mixtures with large temperature glides as working fluids for organic rankine cycles (orc) and heat pumps

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Abstract

Nowadays, zeotropic mixtures with a temperature glide up to 15 K are the state of the art in air-conditioning. Less attention is paid to mixtures with larger temperature glides (LTG). The small number of research activities can be explained by the lack of promising applications as refrigerants in cooling applications. However, these glides can be beneficial for heat pump applications and Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC), since these systems mainly operate with sensible heat sources and heat sinks. The paper points out the potentials of LTG working fluids in heat pumps and ORC and discusses fluid combinations for different temperature levels. The limits of these applications are identified, an overview about challenges reported in the literature are presented and the advantages are demonstrated. Especially a new kind of ORC is presented, which operates as a heat transformer integrated in an industrial heat recovery system.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIIR Rankine 2020 International Conference - Advances in Cooling, Heating and Power Generation, Rankine 2020
PublisherInternational Institute of Refrigeration
Pages123-131
Number of pages9
ISBN (electronic)9782362150388
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesRefrigeration Science and Technology
Volume2020-July
ISSN0151-1637

Conference

Title2020 IIR Rankine International Conference on Advances in Cooling, Heating and Power Generation
Abbreviated titleIIR Rankine 2020
Duration27 - 31 July 2020
Locationonline
CityLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-3031-9138/work/142659267
ORCID /0000-0002-9892-6746/work/142660972

Keywords

Keywords

  • Heat pump, Large temperature glide, Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), Process heat recovery, Zeotropic mixture