We present a thermo-economic analysis of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for waste heat recovery. A case study for a heat source temperature of 150 ̋C and a subcritical, saturated cycle is performed. As working fluids R245fa, isobutane, isopentane, and the mixture of isobutane and isopentane are considered. The minimal temperature difference in the evaporator and the condenser, as well as the mi...

Microchannel heat exchangers (MCHX) are being increasingly applied in heat pumps because of their compactness, significant charge reduction, lower refrigerant pressure drop and lower air-side fan power consumption compared to traditional round tube-plate fin (RTPF) heat exchangers. Using a microchannel condenser as well as evaporator in a heat pump system also offers significant potential for c...

For many countries, increasing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are key countermeasures to cope with the energy crisis and climate change. Of the various heating equipment such as heat pumps, gas-fired boilers, oil-fired boilers, or electric boilers, heat pumps are widely adopted for space heating, water heating, and process heating by households, business, and industry d...

Membrane Condenser (MC) is a novel membrane contactor operation recently investigated for the valorization of industrial waste gaseous streams. In particular, until now, it was applied for water recovery from flue gas, cooling tower plumes, etc. More recently, its effectiveness and flexibility in contaminants (such as, NH3 , HF, SO2 ) removal and control from waste gaseous streams was also prov...

Based on field data from a medium scale ammonia based milk refrigeration plant located in northern part of India, a trans-critical CO2 based heat pump system is conceptualized to utilize the waste heat from the plant to improve overall coefficient of performance. Year round plant operating data is collected. The plant handles in the range of 0.1 to 0.15 million liters of milk and milk products ...

This paper presents the detailed design and analysis of an asymmetric fin tube condenser. And the heat transfer performance of the asymmetric fin tube condenser is simulated with the fluent software. Based on the simulation results, an optimal model of the asymmetric-finned tube condenser is designed. The actual model is experimentally studied on air conditioners and contrasted with the symmetr...

The distilled water productivity of the single basin solar still is very limited. In this context, the design modification of a single basin solar still has been investigated to improve the solar still performance through increasing the productivity of distilled water. The experimental attempts are made to enhance the solar still productivity by using nanofluids and also by integrating the stil...

A numerical simulation of a liquid overfeed system working with pure refrigerants in steady state conditions has been performed. The global algorithm is based on the sequential resolution of the different elements of the system (compressor, evaporator, condenser, ... ). For each element, a simplified mathematical model based on global balances of mass, momentum and energy is used. For the evapo...