Slide Valves for Single-Screw Expanders Working Under Varied Operating Conditions

Energies

Jingfu Wang¹  Yuting Wu¹  Chongfang Ma¹  Wei Wang¹  Ruiping Zhi¹  Biao Lei¹  Guoqiang Li¹  Huan Wang¹ 

[1] Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China;

关键词: slide valve;    single-screw expander;    organic Rankine cycle (ORC);    part-load;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en9070478

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper fully describes the working principle of slide valves in single-screw expanders (SSEs). A geometric analysis of suction and volume ratio slide valves is presented to determine the relations between volume ratio, suction closure volume, discharge opening volume and slide valves displacement. An organic Rankine cycle (ORC) thermodynamic model with SSE integrated with slide valves is developed to analyze the power output of SSE and the net power output of ORC system and variation law of slide valves displacement. Analysis of a typical ORC system under changing operating conditions shows that the power output of the expander and the net output power of the ORC system with slide valves are much better than those without slide valves. When the condensing temperature is 40 °C and the waste availability is 80 kW, the increase in output power and net output power are approximately 3.4 kW and 5 kW, respectively. The presented geometric analysis of slide valves and the thermodynamic model integrated with slide valves can be used to provide a theoretical and technical basis for designing the slide valves of SSEs and the control strategies of slide valves under varied operating conditions.

【 授权许可】

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