• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.109-118
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• 2006

Various indirect power cycle options for a helium cooled gas cooled fast reactor (GFR) with particular focus on a supercritical $CO_2(SCO_2)$ indirect cycle are investigated as an alternative to a helium cooled direct cycle GFR. The balance of plant (BOP) options include helium-nitrogen Brayton cycle, supercritical water Rankine cycle, and $SCO_2$ recompression Brayton power cycle in three versions: (1) basic design with turbine inlet temperature of $550^{\circ}C$, (2) advanced design with turbine inlet temperature of $650^{\circ}C$ and (3) advanced design with the same turbine inlet temperature and reduced compressor inlet temperature. The indirect $SCO_2$ recompression cycle is found attractive since in addition to easier BOP maintenance it allows significant reduction of core outlet temperature, making design of the primary system easier while achieving very attractive efficiencies comparable to or slightly lower than, the efficiency of the reference GFR direct cycle design. In addition, the indirect cycle arrangement allows significant reduction of the GFR &proximate-containment& and the BOP for the $SCO_2$ cycle is very compact. Both these factors will lead to reduced capital cost.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.191-194
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• 2011

Low-grade waste heat has generally been discarded in industry due to lack of efficient recovery methods. In recent years, organic Rankine cycle(ORC) has become a field of intense research and appears as a promising technology for conversion of heat into useful work of electricity. In this work thermodynamic performance of ORC with superheating of vapor is comparatively assessed for various working fluids. Special attention is paid to the effects of system parameters such as the evaporating temperature on the characteristics of the system such as maximum possible work extraction from the given source, volumetric flow rate per 1 kW of net work and quality of the working fluid at turbine exit as well as thermal efficiency.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 지열발전 등과 같은 저온 열원을 에너지원으로 하는 발전에 응용될 수 있는 HFC-134a 유기랭킨사이클의 출력 극대화를 수행하였다. 기존의 연구와는 달리, 본 연구에서는 열교환기해석에 유한체적법을 적용함으로써 작동유체의 열전달 및 압력강하 특성을 고려하였다. 또한, 열원과 냉각수의 입구온도 및 유량, 그리고 사이클을 구성하는 열교환기들의 총 전열면적을 구속 조건으로 함으로써, 기존 연구들에 비해 보다 현실적인 결과를 얻을 수 있도록 하였다. 사이클의 출력은 3 개의 설계인자를 이용하여 최적화 하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 출력을 극대화 시킬 수 있는 설계인자들의 최적조합이 존재함을 보였다. 또한, 출력 향상을 위해서는 증발과정의 개선이 우선적으로 필요함을 보였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집 C: 기술과 교육
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2013

본 논문은 산업현장에서 발생하는 폐열원을 이용하여 200kW의 발전을 하기위한 터빈의 개발에 관한 전반적인 과정이 제시되었다. 유기 랭킨 사이클에 적용되는 터빈은 세계적으로도 개발이 활발히 진행되고 있는 단계이며, 시장 성장에 관한 잠재성이 크다. 따라서 국내의 연구기관에서도 많은 관심을 가지고 연구가 진행되고 있지만 상품 개발까지는 아직 도달하지 못하고 있는 상황이다. 본 논문에서는 유기 랭킨 사이클에서 작동하는 200kW급 터빈을 개발 하는데, 사이클 해석을 바탕으로 비속도 분석, mean line 해석, 3차원 해석 과정이 설명되었다. 그리고 해석 결과를 바탕으로 터빈 요소 부품을 제작하였고, 회전체 안정성 시험 및 성능시험을 수행하였다. 터빈 개발은 세계적으로도 활발히 이루어지지만 개발 과정과 단계에 대한 사항은 기업 비밀이란 이유로 공개 되지 않는 실정이다. 본 논문은 유기 랭킨 사이클용 터빈의 개발에 있어 어떠한 과정과 단계로 진행되는지 참고가 될 수 있을 것이다.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.29-45
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• 2016

There has been a growing interest in the recent time for the development of solar power tower plants, which are mainly used for utility scale power generation. Combined heat and power (CHP) is an efficient and clean approach to generate electric power and useful thermal energy from a single heat source. The waste heat from the topping Brayton cycle is utilized in the bottoming HRSG cycle for driving steam turbine and also to produce process steam so that efficiency of the cycle is increased. A thermal storage system is likely to add greater reliability to such plants, providing power even during non-peak sunshine hours. This paper presents a conceptual configuration of a solar power tower combined heat and power plant with a topping air Brayton cycle. A simple downstream Rankine cycle with a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and a process heater have been considered for integration with the solar Brayton cycle. The conventional GT combustion chamber is replaced with a solar receiver. The combined cycle has been analyzed using energy as well as exergy methods for a range of pressure ratio across the GT block. From the thermodynamic analysis, it is found that such an integrated system would give a maximum total power (2.37 MW) at a much lower pressure ratio (5) with an overall efficiency exceeding 27%. The solar receiver and heliostats are the main components responsible for exergy destruction. However, exergetic performance of the components is found to improve at higher pressure ratio of the GT block.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.171-179
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• 2013

선박의 주 추진용 디젤엔진으로부터 배출되는 배기가스의 열을 회수하는 폐열회수 발전시스템에 대하여, 상대적으로 고온에 상부의 3 변 사이클과 상대적으로 저온부에 하부의 유기 랭킨 사이클이 적용되는 복합 사이클에 대한 열역학적 특성을 조사하였다. 그 결과, 상부와 하부 사이클 사이에 경계온도의 증가에 따라, 총 파괴된 엑서지율(${\sum}\dot{E}_d$) 및 엑서지 손실율($\dot{E}_{out2}$)이 각각 감소되었기 때문에, 시스템의 에너지 및 엑서지 효율이 모두 최대화되었다. 그리고 상부의 체적 팽창비가 크게 감소되었다. 그 경우에 대하여, 부가적인 추진동력으로써 활용되는 폐열회수 발전시스템이 적용된 선박용 디젤엔진의 경우에, 추진 효율은 엔진부하 변동에 따라 기본 엔진에 대비하여 평균적으로 9.17 %가 향상되었다. 이에 대하여, 디젤엔진의 연료 소비율과 이산화탄소 배출률은 각각 평균 8.4 및 8.37 %가 저감되었다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.124-130
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• 2010

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion(OTEC) power plants have been examined as a viable option for supplying clean energy. This paper evaluated the thermodynamic performance of the OTEC Power system for the production of electric power and desalinated water. The results show that newly developed fluids such as R32, R125, R143a, and R410A that do not cause stratospheric ozone layer depletion perform as well as R22 and ammonia. Overall cycle efficiency of open cycle is the lowest value of 3.01% because about 10% of the gross power is used for pumping out non-condensable gas. Also, the hybrid cycle is an attempt to combine the best features and avoid the worst features of the open and closed cycles. The overall cycle efficiency of hybrid cycle is 3.44% and the amount of desalinated water is 0.0619 kg/s.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회B
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• pp.3181-3188
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• 2008

The supercritical $CO_2$ Brayton cycle energy conversion system is presented as a promising alternative to the present Rankine cycle. The principal advantage of the S-$CO_2$ gas is a good efficiency at a modest temperature and a compact size of its components. The S-$CO_2$ Brayton cycle coupled to a SFR also excludes the possibilities of a SWR (Sodium-Water Reaction) which is a major safety-related event, so that the safety of a SFR can be improved. KAERI is conducting a feasibility study for the supercritical carbon dioxide (S-$CO_2$) Brayton cycle power conversion system coupled to KALIMER(Korea Advanced LIquid MEtal Reactor). The purpose of this research is to develop S-$CO_2$ Brayton cycle energy conversion systems and evaluate their performance when they are coupled to advanced nuclear reactor concepts of the type under investigation in the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems. This paper contains the research overview of the S-$CO_2$ Brayton cycle coupled to KALIMER-600 as an alternative energy conversion system.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.591-597
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• 2012

For the past few years, the concern for clean energy has been greatly increased. Ocean thermal Energy Conversion(OTEC) power plants are studied as a viable option for the supply of clean energy. In this study, we examined the thermodynamic performance of the OTEC power system for the production of electric power. Computer simulation programs were developed under the same condition and various working fluids for closed Rankine cycle, regenerative cycle, Kalina cycle, open cycle, and hybrid cycle. The results show that the regenerative cycle showed the best system efficiency. And then we examined the thermodynamic performance of regenerative cycle OTEC power system using the condenser effluent from Uljin nuclear power plant instead of the surface water. The highest system efficiency of the condition was 4.55% and the highest net power was 181 MW.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.80-84
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• 2011

The cycle performance of closed ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system with 50 kW gross power was evaluated to obtain the basic data for the optimal design of OTEC using waste heat such as solar power, discharged heat from condenser of power plant. The basic thermodynamic model for OTEC is Rankine cycle, and the surface seawater and deep seawater were used for the heat source of evaporator and condenser, respectively. The cycle performance such as efficiency, heat exchanger capacity, etc. was analyzed on the variation of temperature increase by waste heat. The cycle efficiency increased and necessary capacity of evaporator and condenser decreased under 50kW gross power with respect to the temperature increase of working fluid. Also, when the temperature increase is about $13.5^{\circ}C$, the heat which can be used is generated. By generator with 0.9 effectiveness under the simulated condition, the cycle efficiency was improved approximately 3.0% comparing with the basic cycle.