Following the increasing interest of aero-naval industry to design and build systems that might provide fuel and energy savings, this study wants to point out the possibility to produce an increase in the power output from the prime mover propulsion systems of aircrafts. The complexity of using steam heat recovery systems, as well as the lower expected cycle efficiencies, temperature limitations, toxicity, material compatibilities, and/or costs of organic fluids in Rankine cycle power systems, precludes their consideration as a solution to power improvement for this application in turboprop engines. The power improvement system must also comply with the space constraints inherent with onboard power plants, as well as the interest to be economical with respect to the cost of the power recovery system compared to the fuel that can be saved per flight exercise. A waste heat recovery application of the CO2 supercritical cycle will culminate in the sizing of the major components. Copyright © 2013 by ASME.
Feasibility study of a supercritical cycle as a waste heat recovery system / AGRESTA, ANTONIO; INGENITO, ANTONELLA; Roberto, Andriani; GAMMA, Fausto. - 6 A:(2013), pp. V06AT07A051-57. (Intervento presentato al convegno ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2013 tenutosi a San Diego; United States nel 15 November 2013 through 21 November 2013) [10.1115/imece2013-62603].
Feasibility study of a supercritical cycle as a waste heat recovery system
AGRESTA, ANTONIO;INGENITO, ANTONELLA;GAMMA, Fausto
2013
Abstract
Following the increasing interest of aero-naval industry to design and build systems that might provide fuel and energy savings, this study wants to point out the possibility to produce an increase in the power output from the prime mover propulsion systems of aircrafts. The complexity of using steam heat recovery systems, as well as the lower expected cycle efficiencies, temperature limitations, toxicity, material compatibilities, and/or costs of organic fluids in Rankine cycle power systems, precludes their consideration as a solution to power improvement for this application in turboprop engines. The power improvement system must also comply with the space constraints inherent with onboard power plants, as well as the interest to be economical with respect to the cost of the power recovery system compared to the fuel that can be saved per flight exercise. A waste heat recovery application of the CO2 supercritical cycle will culminate in the sizing of the major components. Copyright © 2013 by ASME.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
