Energy recovery through natural gas turboexpander and solar collectors: Modelling and thermoeconomic optimization

Giovanni Barone, Annamaria Buonomano, Francesco Calise, Cesare Forzano and Adolfo Palombo

Energy, 2019, vol. 183, issue C, 1211-1232

Abstract: This paper presents a novel dynamic simulation model for the analysis of a hybrid turboexpander system coupled with innovative high-vacuum solar thermal collectors. The model is developed in MatLab and it is able to dynamically calculate the energy, exergy, environmental, and economic performances of the investigated system, by taking into account the hourly fluctuation of thermodynamic and economic parameters (e.g. electricity cost, natural gas temperature, and flow rates, etc.). In addition, a computer-based Design of Experiment (DoE) approach was implemented for achieving the optimal design of the proposed system.

Keywords: Natural gas decompression; Energy conversion; Solar energy; Modelling and simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.06.171

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