Performance Assessment and Working Fluid Selection for Novel Integrated Vapor Compression Cycle and Organic Rankine Cycle for Ultra Low Grade Waste Heat Recovery

Muhammad Asim; Faiza Kashif; Jamal Umer; Jahan Zeb Alvi; Muhammad Imran; Sheheryar Khan; Abdul Wasy Zia; Michael K. H. Leung

doi:10.3390/su132111592

Performance Assessment and Working Fluid Selection for Novel Integrated Vapor Compression Cycle and Organic Rankine Cycle for Ultra Low Grade Waste Heat Recovery

Muhammad Asim^*
, Faiza Kashif
, Jamal Umer
, Jahan Zeb Alvi
, Muhammad Imran^*
, Sheheryar Khan
, Abdul Wasy Zia
, Michael K. H. Leung

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research Centre for Green Energy, Transport and Building (RCGETB), School of Professional Education and Executive Development, College of Professional Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon 100077, Hong Kong
Institute of Energy Environmental Engineering, University of Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan; Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
School of Mechanical Engineering, 1800 Wuxi, China
Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7YT, UK
Ability R D Energy Research Centre, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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This paper presents the performance assessment and working fluid selection for a novel integrated vapor compression cycle-organic Rankine cycle system (i-VCC-ORC), which recovers ultra-low-temperature waste heat rejected (50 °C) by the condenser of a vapor compression cycle (VCC). The analyses are carried out for a vapor compression cycle of a refrigeration capacity (heat input) of 35kW along with the component sizing of the organic Rankine cycle (ORC). The effects of the operational parameters on integrated system performance were investigated. The integrated system performance is estimated in terms of net COP, cycle thermal efficiency and exergy efficiency by completely utilizing and recovering the heat rejected by the condenser of the VCC system. R600a-R141b with COPnet (3.54) and ORC thermal efficiency (3.05%) is found to be the most suitable VCC-ORC working fluid pair. The integration of the vapor compression refrigeration cycle with the organic Rankine cycle increases the COP of the system by 12.5% as compared to the standalone COP of the vapor compression system. Moreover, the sensitivity analysis results show that there exists an optimum operating condition that maximizes the thermal performance of the integrated system.

Original language	English
Article number	11592
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	13
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111592
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2021

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Funding: The work described in this paper was partially supported by the Research Grants Council
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No.: UGC/IDS(R)24/20), (Project
Ref No. SEHS‐2020‐204(I)) and from Jiangsu Provincial Government Research Funding (Project No.:
2021K101B).

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COP
Exergy efficiency
Organic Rankine cycle
Thermal efficiency
Vapor compression cycle
Waste heat recovery

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