Thermo-Economic Analysis on Integrated CO 2, Organic Rankine Cycles, and NaClO Plant Using Liquefied Natural Gas
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Tjahjono, Tri, Ehyaei, Mehdi Ali, Ahmadi, A., Hoseinzadeh, S. and Memon, S. (2021). Thermo-Economic Analysis on Integrated CO 2, Organic Rankine Cycles, and NaClO Plant Using Liquefied Natural Gas. Energies. 14 (10), p. e2849. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14102849
Authors | Tjahjono, Tri, Ehyaei, Mehdi Ali, Ahmadi, A., Hoseinzadeh, S. and Memon, S. |
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Abstract | The thermal energy conversion of natural gas (NG) using appropriate configuration cycles represents one of the best nonrenewable energy resources because of its high heating value and low environmental effects. The natural gas can be converted to liquefied natural gas (LNG), via the liquefaction process, which is used as a heat source and sink in various multigeneration cycles. In this paper, a new configuration cycle is proposed using LNG as a heat source and heat sink. This new proposed cycle includes the CO2 cycle, the organic Rankine cycle (ORC), a heater, a cooler, an NaClO plant, and reverse osmosis. This cycle generates electrical power, heating and cooling energy, potable water (PW), hydrogen, and salt all at the same time. For this purpose, one computer program is provided in an engineering equation solver for energy, exergy, and thermo-economic analyses. The results for each subsystem are validated by previous researches in this field. This system produces 10.53 GWh electrical energy, 276.4 GWh cooling energy, 1783 GWh heating energy, 17,280 m3 potable water, 739.56 tons of hydrogen, and 383.78 tons of salt in a year. The proposed system energy efficiency is 54.3%, while the exergy efficiency is equal to 13.1%. The economic evaluation showed that the payback period, the simple payback period, the net present value, and internal rate of return are equal to 7.9 years, 6.9 years, 908.9 million USD, and 0.138, respectively. |
Keywords | energy; exergy; thermo-economic; CO2 cycle; organic Rankine cycle; reverse osmosis |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Energies |
Journal citation | 14 (10), p. e2849 |
Publisher | MDPI |
ISSN | 1996-1073 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/en14102849 |
Publication dates | |
14 May 2021 | |
Online | 14 May 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 17 May 2021 |
Accepted | 13 May 2021 |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Open |
License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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