ISSN Online: 2379-1748
ISBN Flash Drive: 978-1-56700-472-4
ISBN Online: 978-1-56700-471-7
3rd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A WASTE HEAT DRIVEN TURBO-COMPRESSION CHILLER
Resumo
Waste heat recovery systems are used to convert unused heat to other forms of usable energy. One method is
to use the exhaust energy in power generation systems to generate a cooling effect. For example, a turbocompression
cooling system (TCCS) uses low grade waste heat to power a recuperative Rankine cycle that
directly drives the compressor in a vapor compression cycle. The evaporator of the vapor-compression cycle
generates a cooling effect used to off-set cooling loads, produce air conditioning, or satisfy other cooling
needs. In the present study, experimental results from a TCCS designed to offload cooling requirements in a
Natural Gas Combined Cycle power plant are presented. These data will be used in future efforts to validate
a system model that predicts its performance, which will provide insight to predict the TCCS performance at
cooling loads required at full power plant scales.
Palavras-chave:
Waste Heat Recovery, Thermally Activated Cooling