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As a renewable source, solar energy has received more and more attention in recent years. Solar energy can readily provide heat efficiently within the temperature range of 70-100 degrees C. For the utilization of this energy source, a cascading cycle was designed and was discussed. An organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and an adsorption refrigeration cycle were combined to provide the first- and second-stage energy conversion cycle, respectively. In the analysis, R600 was used as the working fluid for the ORC and a silica gel-water working pair was analyzed for the adsorption refrigeration cycle. The energy efficiency for electrical generation and refrigeration, as well as the exergy efficiency of the cascading cycle, was assessed. For an environmental temperature of 30 degrees C and a refrigeration temperature of 12 degrees C, the results showed that typically 1 kW of electricity and 6.3 kW of refrigeration could be generated from approximately 15 kW heating power. The electricity generation efficiency was between 0.1 and 0.15, while the refrigeration coefficient of performance was approximately 0.8. The exergy efficiency was found to be between 0.84 and 0.89 and between 0.32 and 0.46 for the single ORC and adsorption refrigeration cycle, respectively. The overall exergy efficiency was between 0.56 and 0.74.
Author(s): Wang LW, Roskilly AP, Wang RZ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Heat Tranfer Engineering
Year: 2014
Volume: 35
Issue: 11-12
Pages: 1028-1034
Print publication date: 16/01/2014
ISSN (print): 0145-7632
ISSN (electronic): 1521-0537
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2013.863067
DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2013.863067
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