Design methodology for radial turbo expanders in mobile organic Rankine cycle applications
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Author(s)
Costall, AW
Gonzalez Hernandez, A
Newton, PJ
Martinez-Botas, RF
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Future vehicles for clean transport will require new powertrain technologies to further reduce CO2 emissions. Mobile organic Rankine cycle systems target the recovery of waste heat in internal combustion engines, with the exhaust system identified as a prime source. This article presents a design methodology and working fluid selection for radial turbo expanders in a heavy-duty off-road diesel engine application. Siloxanes and Toluene are explored as the candidate working fluids, with the latter identified as the preferred option, before describing three radial turbine designs in detail. A small 15.5. kW turbine design leads to impractical blade geometry, but a medium 34.1. kW turbine, designed for minimum power, is predicted to achieve an isentropic efficiency of 51.5% at a rotational speed of 91.7. k. min-1. A similar 45.6. kW turbine designed for maximum efficiency yields 56.1% at 71.5. k. min-1. This emphasizes the main design trade-off - efficiency decreases and rotational speed increases as the power requirement falls - but shows reasonable radial turbine efficiencies and thus practical turbo expanders for mobile organic Rankine cycle applications are realizable, even considering the compromised flow geometry and high speeds imposed at such small scales.
Date Issued
2015-11-01
Date Acceptance
2015-02-19
Citation
Applied Energy, 2015, 157 (1), pp.729-743
ISSN
0306-2619
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
729
End Page
743
Journal / Book Title
Applied Energy
Volume
157
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
License URL
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261915002573
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
Bottoming cycles
Mobile organic Rankine cycle
Radial turbine
Toluene
Turbo expander
Waste heat recovery
WASTE HEAT-RECOVERY
THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS
WORKING FLUIDS
Energy
09 Engineering
14 Economics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2015-03-13