Method of optimizing performance of Rankine cycle power plants. [US DOE Patent]

Pope, W L; Pines, H S; Doyle, P A; Silvester, L F

Title: Method of optimizing performance of Rankine cycle power plants. [US DOE Patent]

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A method is described for efficiently operating a Rankine cycle power plant to maximize fuel utilization efficiency or energy conversion efficiency or minimize costs by selecting a turbine fluid inlet state which is substantially on the area adjacent and including the transposed critical temperature line.

Inventors:: Pope, W L; Pines, H S; Doyle, P A; Silvester, L F

Issue Date:: 1980-06-23

OSTI Identifier:: 6579313

Assignee:: Dept. of Energy

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; BINARY-FLUID SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; RANKINE CYCLE; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; OPERATION; TURBINES; WORKING FLUIDS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FLUIDS; MACHINERY; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES; TURBOMACHINERY; 150802* - Geothermal Power Plants- Power Plant Systems & Components

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