How to approach Carnot cycle via zeotropic working fluid: Research methodology and case study

Weicong Xu, Shuai Deng, Wen Su, Ying Zhang, Li Zhao and Zhixin Yu

Energy, 2018, vol. 144, issue C, 576-586

Abstract: A great amount of researches on thermodynamic cycles have been active in recent years, such as ORC (organic Rankine cycle), Kalina cycle, et al. However, the ultimate aim of such researches, which could even be traced back to more than one century ago, has not changed with a tireless pursuing to Carnot cycle. In exiting researches, the working fluid, as a medium for energy conversion, is commonly considered to play an important role in the thermodynamic cycle: (1) relative to ideal cycle, most of actual power cycles in the engineering field cannot operate without working fluid; (2) energy efficiency, considering the analysis of second-law efficiency, of actual cycle has a significant decrease due to the introduction of working fluid. Thus, working fluid is a hot spot in the research of thermodynamic cycle in recent years.

Keywords: Organic Rankine cycle; ORC; Construction method; Zeotropic mixture; Compositions adjustable (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.12.041

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