{"title":"Developmental status of Bhel's high temperature high pressure (HTHP) circulating bed granular filter (CBGF)","authors":"Rajagopala Rao S., Rangan R.S., Prakash S.G., Chakravarti S., Krishnamoorthy S.","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90027-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90027-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Granular bed filtration is one of the processes under development for separation of fine dust at relatively high temperatures and pressures, for application in coal based combined cycle power plants. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have installed a test facility to evaluate the performance of a Circulating Bed Granular Filter (CBGF). Details of the test facility and some of the important test results on the performance of the filter and the on-line granule circulation system are reported in this paper. Work related to the scale-up of the CBGF and the granule circulation system are presently underway.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"15 2","pages":"Pages 199-204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90027-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74731569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design considerations for PFBC gas expander","authors":"Lu Pengfei","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90025-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90025-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"46 1","pages":"179-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79071968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of the exhaust system unsteady gas flow and insulation on the performance of a turbocharged diesel engine","authors":"C.D. Rakopoulos, E.C. Andritsakis, D.T. Hountalas","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90037-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90037-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A comprehensive digital computer program is used to simulate the unsteady gas flow in the exhaust and inlet systems of a multi-cylinder, turbocharged, medium-high speed, four-stroke diesel engine installed at the authors' laboratory. The simulation assumes one-dimensional, time-varying gas flow in the engine pipes and incorporates numerous realistic fluid dynamic, thermodynamic and heat-transfer features. The characteristic mathematical transformation solution of the gas-flow dynamics partial differential equations is interfaced with First-Law analysis models of the cylinders main chambers and prechambers. The simulation results are compared most favourably against the engine's experimental performance results, which include mean air consumption rate, pressure histories at various locations on the exhaust system, and energy-mean temperature values at the exit of the exhaust system. The simulation results are also utilized for the determination of the various cylinders' exhaust waves intensity, as they are imposed by the design characteristics of the exhaust manifold. The plotting of relevant charts, showing the contour variation of gas pressure, temperature and Mach index against engine crank angle and pipe length, aids the correct interpretation of the observed behaviour. The detailed simulation of the fluid dynamic and heat-transfer fields in the engine exhaust system, permits an interesting parametric study of the influence of the degree of insulation of the exhaust system on the energy and exergy (availability) content of the exhaust gases before the turbocharger turbine, by coupling the above First-Law with Second-Law analysis concepts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 51-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90037-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79262568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selecting stream splits in heat exchanger network design","authors":"G.T. Polley","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90039-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90039-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Pinch Design Method identifies when stream splitting is necessary in order to obtain a Minimum Energy Requirement network. The method does not provide any guidance regarding which streams should actually be split and what the split stream flowrates should be. The situation is rectified in this work. A number of CP-matrices are developed. These matrices provide for the systematic development of stream split networks.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 85-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90039-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90946418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maximum obtainable specific power of high-temperature waste heat engines","authors":"Chin Wu, William H. Schulden","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90033-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90033-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An endoreversible Carnot cycle is presented in this paper for a heat engine using higt-temperature waste heat. The endoreversible Carnot cycle is a modified Carnot cycle, where the heat-transferred between the heat engine and its surroundings is the only irreversible process. Since the energy input (waste heat) to the heat engine is free, the cost of the output power of the heat engine depends mainly on the size of the heat exchangers. A specific power, power per unit area of heat exchanger surface area, is adopted as the objective function for the performance analysis of the heat engine. The relation between the maximum obtainable specific power and the temperature range in which the high-temperature waste heat engine operates is found.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 13-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90033-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78140546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Hosokawa , Y. Fujiwara , Y. Ogami , Y. Kawasima , Y. Yamasaki
{"title":"Heat transfer characteristic of dropwise condensation on an inclined circular tube","authors":"T. Hosokawa , Y. Fujiwara , Y. Ogami , Y. Kawasima , Y. Yamasaki","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90035-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90035-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In a previous paper, the authors have investigated the relation between the behaviour of departing drops and the heat transfer on the surface of a horizontal tube. It was found that the departing drops on the condensing surface caused two significant effects, i.e. a sweeping effect and a covering effect. The heat transfer characteristics on the horizontal tube were measured and reported.</p><p>The purposes of the present paper are to explore a model for calculating the behaviour of the departing drops on an inclined tube and through it to examine the heat transfer characteristics. The effect of the departing drops on the heat transfer is deduced and the phenomenon is clarified.</p><p>The authors have also found that the heat transfer associated with both the sweeping and covering actions by the departing drops has its maximum at an inclination angle of the condensing tube of <span><math><mtext>α ≈ 30°</mtext></math></span>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 31-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90035-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75646936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical study on coupled heat and mass transfers in an absorber with external fluid heating","authors":"L.M. Sun, N. Ben Amar, F. Meunier","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90034-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90034-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents a numerical study of coupled heat and mass transfers in an adsorber with external fluid heating. A one-dimensional model incorporating both heat transfer and Ergun flow of the adsorbate inside the adsorber is developed. Numerical investigations are made for two adsorbent-adsorbate pairs: zeolite 13X-water and 13X-ammonia, whose operating pressures are considerably different. It is shown that, for the 13X-water pair which has a low operating pressure and therefore a low gas density, the dynamics of the adsorber can be significantly limited by the mass transfer inside the adsorbent bed, when its dimension is large. The poor mass transfer can lead to very large pressure variations and small adsorbed or desorbed quantities, making the heat pump process ineffective. Conversely, the zeolite-ammonia pair operates at much higher pressures (several bars) and the corresponding pressure variations in the bed are, in general, negligible. In this case, the limitation by mass transfer can be neglected and the uniform-pressure assumption is acceptable.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 19-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90034-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76607177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A general thermodynamic model for absorption chillers: Theory and experiment","authors":"J.M. Gordon , Kim Choon Ng","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90038-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90038-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A general thermodynamic model for cooling devices is derived and applied to absorption chillers. Observing that finite-rate mass transfer dominates irreversibilities in absorption chillers, we derive how chiller coefficient of performance should depend on cooling rate and key system variables. Model predictions are compared against performance data from journal articles, manufacturer catalogue data, and our own experimental measurements, with favourable results.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 73-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90038-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74622942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance prediction of cyclic thermal regenerators utilising latent heat of packing matrix","authors":"E.A. Foumeny, J. Ma","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90032-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90032-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Thermal storage systems utilising the latent heat of fusion of a phase change material (PCM) are simulated for symmetric-balanced/unbalanced conditions in terms of the conventional thermal effectiveness and newly proposed performance characteristics factors. A unified two-phase model is formulated to accommodate the performance prediction of cyclic thermal regenerators with encapsulated PCM or conventional packing. The effects of flow channelling and transverse thermal condition on the performance of such systems are also discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90032-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91446567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing gas turbine performance by intake air cooling using an absorption chiller","authors":"B. Mohanty, G. Paloso Jr.","doi":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90036-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0890-4332(95)90036-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The performance of gas turbines, operated either as a simple cycle or a combined cycle, is critically constrained by the prevailing ambient temperature, particularly in arid and tropical climates. This paper investigates the option of cooling the intake air to the compressor of the gas-turbine system using an absorption chiller in order to increase the gas turbine capacity. High-temperature waste heat from the exhaust gas may be utilized to produce steam in a recovery boiler. Part of the steam produced could then be used to drive a lithium-bromide double-effect absorption chiller which in turn could cool the incoming air. An analysis carried out by taking the weather data of Bangkok (Thailand) indicates that reducing the temperature from ambient condition to 15°C could help to increase the instantaneous power output between 8 and 13%. As an outcome, as much as 11% additional electricity could be generated from the same gas turbine power plant.</p><p>A simple economic assessment indicates that the proposed scheme will require a minimal investment as compared to the commissioning cost of a new gas turbine unit to meet the corresponding capacity increment. The latter will need nearly four times higher initial cost than the amount estimated for the proposed scheme. Thus, implementation of such a system would significantly abate the negative impact of the ambient temperature, while providing an economically and environmentally attractive option for energy producers in most developing nations of the world which are located in arid and tropical zones.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100603,"journal":{"name":"Heat Recovery Systems and CHP","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 41-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0890-4332(95)90036-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76847613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}