A novel high-temperature ejector-topping power cycle
- Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
A novel, patented topping power cycle is described that takes its energy from a very high-temperature heat source and in which the temperature of the heat sink is still high enough to operate another, conventional power cycle. The top temperatures heat source is used to evaporate a low saturation pressure liquid, which serves as the driving fluid for compressing the secondary fluid in an ejector. Due to the inherently simple construction of ejectors, they are well suited for operation at temperatures higher than those that can be used with gas turbines. The gases exiting from the ejector transfer heat to the lower temperature cycle, and are separated by condensing the primary fluid. The secondary gas is then used to drive a turbine. For a system using sodium as the primary fluid and helium as the secondary fluid, and using a bottoming Rankine steam cycle, the overall thermal efficiency can be at least 11 percent better than that of conventional steam Rankine cycles.
- OSTI ID:
- 7304747
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; (United States), Vol. 116:1; ISSN 0742-4795
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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