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Cooling Fluids and Ambient Temperature: Sensitivity Performance of a Container Ship Organic Rankine Cycle Unit

Suarez De La Fuente, S; Larsen, U; Bucknall, R; Greig, A; (2018) Cooling Fluids and Ambient Temperature: Sensitivity Performance of a Container Ship Organic Rankine Cycle Unit. In: Proceedings of Transport Research Arena 2018. Transport Research Arena: Vienna, Austria. Green open access

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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to design organic Rankine cycle units that are cooled by air or seawater and show the changes in net power output and power requirement as the ambient air temperatures change both geographically and seasonally. The organic Rankine cycle unit uses the available waste heat from the scavenge air system for a 4,100 TEU container ship. This work uses a two-step single objective optimisation capable of selecting 14 design characteristics of the organic Rankine cycle unit and with the aim of minimising the vessel’s CO2 emissions. The work contributes to the study of off-design operation and different cooling fluids for marine waste heat recovery systems. The results show that the organic Rankine cycle unit is more adaptable to ambient air temperatures when using seawater as a cooling fluid while air is an attractive option for extremely low ambient temperatures.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Cooling Fluids and Ambient Temperature: Sensitivity Performance of a Container Ship Organic Rankine Cycle Unit
Event: Transport Research Arena 2018
Location: Vienna
Dates: 16 April 2018 - 18 April 2018
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.traconference.eu/
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Cooling fluid, Ship, Waste heat recovery system, CO2 emissions, Ambient air temperature.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10056052
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