Simulation and Optimization of Rankine Power Generation Cycle Purposing the Efficiency of Liquefied Natural Gas Cold Exergy

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Imam Khomeini international university, Qazvin, Iran

2 Imam Khomeini International University

Abstract

Liquefied natural gas is obtained by cooling the natural gas to −162℃ at the atmospheric pressure. Methane is the major chemical component of liquefied natural gas which varies between 87.0–99.8% for different sources. The cryogenic power generation cycle using liquefied natural gas as its heat sink is known to be one of the considerable ways for the liquefied natural gas exergy recovery. A double-stage Rankine power generation cycle using the single component working fluid in each stage for liquefied natural gas cold exergy recovery is used as a base case in the present study. To improve the recovery of liquefied natural gas cold exergy, a three-stage Rankine power generation cycle has been proposed using mixture working fluid. Optimization is done using the particle swarm algorithm. The performance of the three-stage Rankine power generation cycle is studied regarding the effects of thermal efficiencies, exergy efficiencies, overall heat transfer coefficient of condensers and natural gas distribution pressure. Specific power production of the cycle is 100.45, thermal efficiency is 12.76%, and exergy efficiency is 27.92%. By decreasing the total coefficient of heat transfer, the condensers of different stages of the cycle reduce the maximum output power of the cycle with different trends. The results show that by decreasing the distribution pressure of natural gas, specific power production, thermal efficiency and exergy efficiency increases. So that their optimal values at 6 bar are 290.87, 25.63% and 39.12%, respectively.
 

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Amirkabir Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume 53, Issue 1
April 2021
Pages 117-134

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