thermodynamic performance analysis of renewable based triple power and trigeneration system

Abstract

newline Due to the rising consumption of conventional energy usage and the environmental repercussions of the fossil fuels, The Energy Efficiency has become an important contributor to deal with climate change. newlineGas Turbine , Rankine Cycle and Kalina Cycle are the foundation of the most prominent technologies for the retrieval of the waste heat which is lost in terms of generation of power. A significant phase for improving efficiency of a renewable energy source would be through an amalgamation of cooling, heating and power cycle integrated to a renewable-based trigeneration and triple power cycle. Solar Energy and Biomass Energy has proposed for the viable supply of renewable energy. An Li/Br refrigeration cycle is incorporated to constitute the cooling cycle. Solar Tower systems, Parabolic Trough Collector system and Linear Fresnel Reflector systems are the three most used concentrating Solar Power technologies that can be effectively utilized as assimilation of Solar and Gas Turbine trigeneration and triple power systems. A Parabolic Trough Collector is incorporated to constitute the heating cycle. Parabolic trough collectors are utilised to deliver a portion of the required heat input to lower the natural gas consumption and making the system more environmentally friendly. newlineThe Solar field comprises of 30 modules in series and 35 modules in parallel where a total of 1050 modules of PTC are taken into consideration and the fuel in the combustion chamber is taken as the natural gas. The results show that if the number of Np leads, it increases the total mass flow rate while if the number of Ns leads, then it increases the temperature in every loop. The pressure losses in the collector field loop are highlighted since they lower the pressure level at the turbine inlet, resulting in lesser energy output. Higher pressure losses are observed due to the increased modules of the series configuration modules as the fluid passes through a long tube. newlineThere are four sections in the present thesis. First chapter deal