Effect of working fluids in a novel geothermal-based integration of organic-flash and power/cooling generation cycles with hydrogen and freshwater production units
Cao Y. Dhahad H.A. Togun H. Hussen H.M. Anqi A.E. Farouk N. Issakhov A. Parikhani T.
13 August 2021Elsevier Ltd
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2021#46Issue 5628370 - 28386 pp.
One of the essential steps to design energy conversion-based systems is choosing an efficient working fluid under the design goals to access stable products with high efficiency and overcome environmental issues. In this regard, the current paper is motivated to devise and evaluate a novel geothermal-driven multigeneration system under the effect of various working fluids. The proposed system consists of a flash-binary geothermal power plant, an organic flash cycle (OFC), a power/cooling subsystem (an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and a thermoelectric generator incorporated with a compression refrigeration cycle), and freshwater and hydrogen production units utilizing a humidification-dehumidification desalination unit and a low-temperature electrolyzer. Considering the design potential of the OFC and ORC, four different environmentally-friendly working fluids, i.e., R123 and R600 in the OFC and R1234yf and R1234ze(e) in the ORC are selected and classified in four groups to introduce the best one, under the energy, exergy, and economic (3E analysis) approaches. Also, the whole system is optimized through a genetic algorithm, respecting the optimal solution for the energy efficiency and unit exergy cost of the products. According to the results, R123/R1234ze(e) shows the highest cooling, hydrogen, freshwater production rates, and energy efficiency. Likewise, the maximum power generation and exergy efficiency belong to R600/R1234ze(e). Moreover, R600/R1234yf has the lowest unit exergy cost of products.
Environmentally-friendly working fluids , Geothermal energy , Multigeneration , Optimization , Organic flash cycle , Working fluid selection
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Mechanical Engineering Department
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Department
Mechanical Engineering Department
Department of Mathematical and Computer Modelling
Department of Mathematics and Cybernetics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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