Diesel organic Rankine bottoming cycle powerplant program. Final report. [Using Fluorinol-85 as working fluid]
This program calls for the building, testing, and installation of a complete Organic Rankine-cycle system (ORCS) which uses Fluorinol-85 as the working fluid to recover the waste heat from an exhaust gas stream. The system was originally designed for use with a diesel electric powerplant. These engines are utilized for peaking power application in which the usage factor is approximately 10%. The major task within the program is the fabrication or specification and purchase of all of the components included in the Power Conversion Module (PCM). These components include the turbine, high-speed gearbox, electric generator, condenser, regenerator feedpump, interconnecting piping and valves, controls, and subsystems and auxiliaries, such as lubrication, shaft sealing, and vacuum pump systems. These components have been fabricated, or purchased and tested. They have been assembled onto a common base frame, and the integration of these components to form the PCM is 90% complete. A $200,000 instrumented test facility and equipment for interfacing the electric power output with the Boston Edison supply grid is over 90% complete. The system performance test plan has been prepared. Each of these items and the following aspects of the program are discussed in this volume: engine and site selection at Lynn, MA, vapor generator specifications, fabrication, and test plans; and cooling system design. (LCL)
- Research Organization:
- Thermo Electron Engineering Corp., Waltham, MA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-78CS40097
- OSTI ID:
- 5345507
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/40097-1-Vol.1; ON: DE82014290
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COOLING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
EXHAUST GASES
FABRICATION
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
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TESTING
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