modelWetFluid

Organic Rankine cycle with a wet working fluid

Extends from Buildings.Fluid.CHPs.OrganicRankine.BaseClasses.Validation.DryFluid (Organic Rankine cycle with a dry working fluid).

Information

This model is largely the same as Buildings.Fluid.CHPs.OrganicRankine.BaseClasses.Validation.DryFluid, except that it validates the handling of wet working fluids. As a result, a superheating temperature is computed that ensures the expansion does not land under the dome. How this superheating temperature is found is explained in the documentation of Buildings.Fluid.CHPs.OrganicRankine.ConstantEvaporation.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.ThermodynamicTemperatureTEva (from DryFluid)450Evaporating temperature
Modelica.Units.SI.ThermodynamicTemperatureTCon (from DryFluid)310Condensing temperature
Modelica.Units.SI.EfficiencyetaExp (from DryFluid)0.85Expander efficiency
Modelica.Units.SI.EfficiencyetaPum (from DryFluid)0.7Pump efficiency
Buildings.Fluid.CHPs.OrganicRankine.Data.WorkingFluids.Toluenepro (from DryFluid)

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Buildings.Fluid.CHPs.OrganicRankine.BaseClasses.InterpolateStatescyc (from DryFluid)Interpolate working fluid states in the cycle

Revisions

  • March 04, 2023, by Hongxiang Fu:
    First implementation. This is for #3433.