Waste heat is often created as a byproduct of industrial processes where flowing streams of high-temperature liquids, gases, or fluids must be exhausted into the environment or removed in some way in an effort to maintain the operating temperatures of the industrial process equipment. Some industrial processes utilize heat exchanger devices to capture and recycle waste heat back into the process via other process streams. However, the capturing and recycling of waste heat is generally infeasible by industrial processes that utilize high temperatures or have insufficient mass flow or other unfavorable conditions.
Waste heat can be converted into useful energy by a variety of turbine generator or heat engine systems that employ thermodynamic methods, such as Rankine cycles or other power cycles. Rankine and similar thermodynamic cycles are typically steam-based processes that recover and utilize waste heat to generate steam for driving a turbine, turbo, or other expander connected to an electric generator, a pump, or other device.
An organic Rankine cycle utilizes a lower boiling-point working fluid, instead of water, during a traditional Rankine cycle. Exemplary lower boiling-point working fluids include hydrocarbons, such as light hydrocarbons (e.g., propane or butane) and halogenated hydrocarbon, such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) (e.g., R245fa). More recently, in view of issues such as thermal instability, toxicity, flammability, and production cost of the lower boiling-point working fluids, some thermodynamic cycles have been modified to circulate non-hydrocarbon working fluids, such as ammonia.
One of the dominant forces in the operation of a power cycle or another thermodynamic cycle is being efficient at the heat addition step. Poorly designed heat engine systems and cycles can be inefficient at heat to electrical power conversion in addition to requiring large heat exchangers to perform the task. Such systems deliver power at a much higher cost per kilowatt than highly optimized systems. Heat exchangers that are capable of handling such high pressures and temperatures generally account for a large portion of the total cost of the heat engine system.
Therefore, there is a need for heat engine systems and methods for transforming energy, whereby the systems and methods provide maximum efficiency while generating work or electricity from thermal energy.
Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide heat engine systems and methods for transforming energy, such as generating mechanical energy and/or electrical energy from thermal energy. Embodiments provide that the heat engine systems may have one of several different configurations of a working fluid circuit. In one embodiment, the heat engine system contains at least four heat exchangers and at least three recuperators sequentially disposed on a high pressure side of the working fluid circuit between a system pump and an expander. In another embodiment, a heat engine system contains a low-temperature heat exchanger and a recuperator disposed upstream of a split flowpath and downstream of a recombined flowpath in the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit.
In one or more embodiments described herein, a heat engine system contains a working fluid circuit, a plurality of heat exchangers, and a plurality of recuperators such that the heat exchangers and the recuperators are sequentially and alternatingly disposed in the working fluid circuit. The working fluid circuit generally has a high pressure side and a low pressure side and further contains a working fluid. In many examples, at least a portion of the working fluid circuit contains the working fluid in a supercritical state and the working fluid contains carbon dioxide. Each of the heat exchangers may be fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit. The heat exchangers may be configured to be fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with a heat source, and configured to transfer thermal energy from the heat source to the working fluid within the high pressure side. Each of the recuperators may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit and configured to transfer thermal energy between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit. The heat engine system may further contain an expander and a driveshaft. The expander may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit and disposed between the high pressure side and the low pressure side and configured to convert a pressure drop in the working fluid to mechanical energy. The driveshaft may be coupled to the expander and configured to drive a device with the mechanical energy. The heat engine system may further contain a system pump and a cooler (e.g., condenser). The system pump may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit between the low pressure side and the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit and configured to circulate or pressurize the working fluid within the working fluid circuit. The cooler may be in thermal communication with the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit and configured to remove thermal energy from the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit.
In some examples, the plurality of heat exchangers contains four or more heat exchangers and the plurality of recuperators contains three or more recuperators. In one exemplary configuration, a first recuperator may be disposed between a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, a second recuperator may be disposed between the second heat exchanger and a third heat exchanger, and a third recuperator may be disposed between the third heat exchanger and a fourth heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger may be disposed downstream of the first recuperator and upstream of the expander on the high pressure side. The fourth heat exchanger may be disposed downstream of the system pump and upstream of the third recuperator on the high pressure side. The cooler may be disposed downstream of the third recuperator and upstream of the system pump on the low pressure side.
In one or more embodiments described herein, a heat engine system is provided and contains a working fluid circuit having a high pressure side and a low pressure side and containing a working fluid, wherein at least a portion of the working fluid circuit contains the working fluid in a supercritical state and the working fluid contains carbon dioxide. The heat engine system may further contain a high-temperature heat exchanger and a low-temperature heat exchanger. Each of the high-temperature and low-temperature heat exchangers may be fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit. Also, the high-temperature and low-temperature heat exchangers may be configured to be fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with a heat source, and configured to transfer thermal energy from the heat source to the working fluid within the high pressure side.
The heat engine system also contains a recuperator fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit and configured to transfer thermal energy between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit. The recuperator may be disposed downstream of the expander and upstream of the cooler on the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit. The cooler may be disposed downstream of the recuperator and upstream of the system pump on the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit.
The heat engine system may further contain an expander and a driveshaft. The expander may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit and disposed between the high pressure side and the low pressure side and configured to convert a pressure drop in the working fluid to mechanical energy. The driveshaft may be coupled to the expander and configured to drive a device with the mechanical energy. The heat engine system may further contain a system pump fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit between the low pressure side and the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit and configured to circulate or pressurize the working fluid within the working fluid circuit. The heat engine system also contains a cooler (e.g., condenser) in thermal communication with the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit and configured to remove thermal energy from the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit.
In one exemplary embodiment, the heat engine system may further contain a split flowpath and a recombined flowpath within the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit. The split flowpath may contain a split junction disposed downstream of the system pump and upstream of the low-temperature heat exchanger and the recuperator. The split flowpath may extend from the split junction to the low-temperature heat exchanger and the recuperator. The recombined flowpath may contain a recombined junction disposed downstream of the low-temperature heat exchanger and the recuperator and upstream of the high-temperature heat exchanger. The recombined flowpath may extend from the low-temperature heat exchanger and the recuperator to the recombined junction.
The heat engine system may contain at least one valve at or near (e.g., upstream of) the split junction, the recombined junction, or both the split and recombined junctions. In some exemplary configurations, the valve may be an isolation shut-off valve or a modulating valve disposed upstream of the split junction. In other exemplary configurations, the valve may be a three-way valve disposed at the split or recombined junction. The valve may be configured to control the relative or proportional flowrate of the working fluid passing through the low-temperature heat exchanger and the recuperator.
In another exemplary embodiment, the heat engine system may further contain a bypass line having an inlet end and an outlet end and configured to flow the working fluid around the low-temperature heat exchanger and to the recuperator, wherein the inlet end of the bypass line is fluidly coupled to the high pressure side at a split junction disposed downstream of the system pump and upstream of the low-temperature heat exchanger and the outlet end of the bypass line is fluidly coupled to an inlet of the recuperator on the high pressure side. Also, the heat engine system contains a recuperator fluid line having an inlet end and an outlet end. In one configuration, the inlet end of the recuperator fluid line is fluidly coupled to an outlet of the recuperator on the high pressure side and the outlet end of the recuperator fluid line is fluidly coupled to the high pressure side at a recombined junction disposed downstream of the low-temperature heat exchanger and upstream of the high-temperature heat exchanger.
In another exemplary configuration, the heat engine system may further contain a segment of the high pressure side configured to flow the working fluid from the system pump, through the bypass line, through the recuperator, through the fluid line, through the high-temperature heat exchanger, and to the expander. Also, another segment of the high pressure side may be configured to flow the working fluid from the system pump, through the low-temperature heat exchanger and the high-temperature heat exchanger while bypassing the recuperator, and to the expander.
The present disclosure is best understood from the following detailed description when read with the accompanying Figures. It is emphasized that, in accordance with the standard practice in the industry, various features are not drawn to scale. In fact, the dimensions of the various features may be arbitrarily increased or reduced for clarity of discussion.
Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide heat engine systems and methods for transforming energy, such as generating mechanical energy and/or electrical energy from thermal energy. Embodiments provide that the heat engine systems may have one of several different configurations of a working fluid circuit. In one embodiment, the heat engine system contains at least four heat exchangers and at least three recuperators sequentially and alternatingly disposed on a high pressure side of the working fluid circuit between a system pump and an expander. In another embodiment, a heat engine system contains a low-temperature heat exchanger and a recuperator disposed upstream of a split flowpath and downstream of a recombined flowpath in the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit.
The heat engine system, as described herein, is configured to efficiently convert thermal energy of a heated stream (e.g., a waste heat stream) into valuable mechanical energy and/or electrical energy. The heat engine system may utilize the working fluid in a supercritical state (e.g., sc-CO2) and/or a subcritical state (e.g., sub-CO2) contained within the working fluid circuit for capturing or otherwise absorbing thermal energy of the waste heat stream with one or more heat exchangers. The thermal energy may be transformed to mechanical energy by a power turbine and subsequently transformed to electrical energy by a power generator coupled to the power turbine. The heat engine system contains several integrated sub-systems managed by a process control system for maximizing the efficiency of the heat engine system while generating mechanical energy and/or electrical energy.
In one or more embodiments described herein, as depicted in
Each of the heat exchangers 120a-120d may be fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit 102. Also, each of the heat exchangers 120a-120d is configured to be fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with a heat source 110 and configured to transfer thermal energy from the heat source 110 to the working fluid within the high pressure side. Each of the recuperators 130a-130c is independently in fluid and thermal communication with the high and low pressure sides of the working fluid circuit 102. The recuperators 130a-130c are configured to transfer thermal energy between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 102.
The heat engine system 100 further contains an expander 160 and a driveshaft 164. The expander 160 may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit 102 and disposed between the high and low pressure sides and configured to convert a pressure drop in the working fluid to mechanical energy. The driveshaft 164 may be coupled to the expander 160 and configured to drive one or more devices, such as a generator or alternator (e.g., a power generator 166), a motor, a pump or compressor (e.g., the system pump 150), and/or other device, with the generated mechanical energy.
The heat engine system 100 further contains a system pump 150 and a cooler 140 (e.g., condenser). The system pump 150 may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit 102 between the low pressure side and the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit 102. Also, the system pump 150 may be configured to circulate and/or pressurize the working fluid within the working fluid circuit 102. The cooler 140 may be in thermal communication with the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 102 and configured to remove thermal energy from the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 102.
After exiting the system pump 150, the working fluid sequentially and alternately flows through the heat exchangers 120a-120d and the recuperators 130a-130c before entering the expander 160. The sequentially alternating nature of positioned heat exchangers 120a-120d and recuperators 130a-130c within the working fluid circuit 102 provides large temperature differentials to be maintained across the heat exchangers 120a-120d, thereby reducing the required heat transfer area for a given power output, or conversely increasing the power output for a given amount of heat transfer area. The alternating pattern may be applied at infinitum for any given configuration of the heat engine system 100 subject only to the practical handling of large numbers of components and pipe segments.
Generally, the heat engine system 100 contains at least four heat exchangers and at least three recuperators, as depicted by the heat exchangers 120a-120d and the recuperators 130a-130c, but the heat engine system 100 may contain more or less of heat exchangers and/or recuperators depending on the specific use of the heat engine system 100. In one exemplary configuration, a (first) recuperator 130a may be disposed between a (first) heat exchanger 120a and a (second) heat exchanger 120b, a (second) recuperator 130b may be disposed between the heat exchanger 120b and a (third) heat exchanger 120c, and a (third) recuperator 130c may be disposed between the heat exchanger 120c and a (fourth) heat exchanger 120d. The heat exchanger 120a may be disposed downstream of the recuperator 130a and upstream of the expander 160 on the high pressure side. The heat exchanger 120d may be disposed downstream of the system pump 150 and upstream of the recuperator 130c on the high pressure side. The cooler 140 may be disposed downstream of the recuperator 130c and upstream of the system pump 150 on the low pressure side.
In one or more embodiments described herein, as depicted in
Generally, at least a portion of the working fluid circuit 202 contains the working fluid in a supercritical state and the working fluid contains carbon dioxide. The high-temperature heat exchanger 220a and the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b may each be fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit 202. The high-temperature heat exchanger 220a and the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b are configured to be fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with a heat source 210, and configured to transfer thermal energy from the heat source 210 to the working fluid within the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit 202.
The recuperator 230 may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit 202 and configured to transfer thermal energy between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 202. The recuperator 230 may be disposed downstream of the expander 260 (e.g., a turbine) and upstream of a cooler 240 (e.g., a condenser) on the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 202. The cooler 240 may be in thermal communication with the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 202. The cooler 240 may be disposed downstream of the recuperator 230 and upstream of the system pump 250 on the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 202. The cooler 240 may be configured to remove thermal energy from the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 202. The system pump 250 may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit 202 between the high and low pressure sides of the working fluid circuit 202. The system pump 250 may be configured to circulate and/or pressurize the working fluid within the working fluid circuit 202.
The expander 260 may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit 202 and disposed between the high pressure side and the low pressure side. The expander 260 may be configured to convert a pressure drop in the working fluid to mechanical energy. A driveshaft 264 may be coupled to the expander 260 and configured to drive one or more devices, such as a generator or alternator (e.g., a power generator 266), a motor, a pump or compressor (e.g., the system pump 250), and/or other device, with the generated mechanical energy.
In one exemplary embodiment, the heat engine system 200 may further contain a split flowpath 244 and a recombined flowpath 248 within the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit 202. The split flowpath 244 may contain a split junction 242 disposed downstream of the system pump 250 and upstream of the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b and the recuperator 230. The split flowpath 244 may extend from the split junction 242 to the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b and the recuperator 230. The recombined flowpath 248 may contain a recombined junction 246 disposed downstream of the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b and the recuperator 230 and upstream of the high-temperature heat exchanger 220a. The recombined flowpath 248 may extend from the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b and the recuperator 230 to the recombined junction 246.
The heat engine system 200 may contain at least one valve at or near (e.g., upstream of) the split junction 242, the recombined junction 246, or both the split and recombined junction 246s. In some exemplary configurations, the valve 254 may be an isolation shut-off valve or a modulating valve disposed upstream of the split junction 242. In other exemplary configurations, the valve 254 may be a three-way valve disposed at the split or recombined junction 246. The valve 254 may be configured to control the relative or proportional flowrate of the working fluid passing through the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b and the recuperator 230.
In other embodiments, the heat engine system 200 may contain at least one throttle valve, such as a turbine throttle valve 258, which may be utilized to control the expander 260. The turbine throttle valve 258 may be coupled between and in fluid communication with a fluid line extending from the high-temperature heat exchanger 220a to the inlet on the expander 260. The turbine throttle valve 258 may be configured to modulate the flow of the heated working fluid into the expander 260, which in turn may be utilized to adjust the rotation rate of the expander 260. Hence, in one embodiment, the amount of electrical energy generated by the power generator 266 may be controlled, in part, by the turbine throttle valve 258. In another embodiment, if the driveshaft 264 is coupled to the system pump 250, the flow of the working fluid throughout the working fluid circuit 202 may be controlled, in part, by the turbine throttle valve 258.
In another exemplary embodiment, as shown in
The heat engine system 200 also contains a process line 234 having an inlet end and an outlet end and configured to flow the working fluid around the recuperator 230 to the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b. The inlet end of the process line 234 may be fluidly coupled to the high pressure side at the split junction 242 and the outlet end of the process line 234 may be fluidly coupled to an inlet of the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b on the high pressure side. Also, the heat engine system 200 contains a heat exchanger fluid line 236 having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end of the heat exchanger fluid line 236 may be fluidly coupled to an outlet of the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b and the outlet end of the heat exchanger fluid line 236 may be fluidly coupled to the recombined junction 246.
In another exemplary configuration, the heat engine system 200 further contains a segment of the high pressure side configured to flow the working fluid from the system pump 250, through the bypass line 228, through the recuperator 230, through the recuperator fluid line 232, through the high-temperature heat exchanger 220a, and to the expander 260. Also, another segment of the high pressure side may be configured to flow the working fluid from the system pump 250, through the low-temperature heat exchanger 220b and the high-temperature heat exchanger 220a while bypassing the recuperator 230, and to the expander 260.
In some examples, a variable frequency drive may be coupled to the system pumps 150, 250 and may be configured to control the mass flow rate or temperature of the working fluid within the working fluid circuits 102, 202. In various examples, the expanders 160, 260 may be a turbine or turbo device and the system pumps 150, 250 may be a start pump, a turbopump, or a compressor. In other examples, the system pumps 150, 250 may be coupled to the expanders 160, 260 by the driveshafts 164, 264 and configured to control mass flow rate or temperature of the working fluid within the working fluid circuits 102, 202. In other examples, the system pumps 150, 250 may be coupled to a secondary expander (not shown) and configured to control the mass flow rate or temperature of the working fluid within the working fluid circuits 102, 202. The heat engine systems 100, 200 may further contain a generator or an alternator coupled to the expanders 160, 260 by the driveshafts 164, 264 and configured to convert the mechanical energy into electrical energy. In some examples, the heat engine systems 100, 200 may contain a turbopump in the working fluid circuits 102, 202, wherein the turbopump contains a pump portion coupled to the expanders 160, 260 by the driveshafts 164, 264 and the pump portion is configured to be driven by the mechanical energy.
In another embodiment, a controller 267 may be a control device for the power generator 266. In some examples, the controller 267 is a motor/generator controller that may be utilized to operate a motor (the power generator 266) during system startup, and convert the variable frequency output of the power generator 266 into grid-acceptable power and provide speed regulation of the power generator 266 when the system is producing positive net power output. In some embodiments, the heat engine systems 100, 200 generally contain a process control system and a computer system (not shown). The computer system may contain a multi-controller algorithm utilized to control the multiple valves, pumps, and sensors within the heat engine systems 100, 200. By controlling the flow of the working fluid, the process control system is also operable to regulate the mass flows, temperatures, and/or pressures throughout the working fluid circuits 102, 202.
In some embodiments, the system pumps 150, 250 of the heat engine systems 100, 200 may be one or more pumps, such as a start pump, a turbopump, or both a start pump and a turbopump. The system pumps 150, 250 may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuits 102, 202 between the low pressure side and the high pressure side of the working fluid circuits 102, 202 and configured to circulate the working fluid through the working fluid circuits 102, 202. In another embodiment, as depicted in
The heat engine systems 100, 200 may further contain a mass management system 270 fluidly coupled to the low pressure side of the working fluid circuits 102, 202 and containing a mass control tank 272 and a working fluid supply tank 278, as depicted for the heat engine system 200 in
In one embodiment, the mass management system 270 contains at least one storage vessel or tank, such as the mass control tank 272, configured to contain or otherwise store the working fluid therein. The mass control tank 272 may be fluidly coupled to the low pressure side of the working fluid circuits 102, 202, may be configured to receive the working fluid from the working fluid circuits 102, 202, and/or may be configured to distribute the working fluid into the working fluid circuits 102, 202. The mass control tank 272 may be a storage tank/vessel, a cryogenic tank/vessel, a cryogenic storage tank/vessel, a fill tank/vessel, or other type of tank, vessel, or container fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuits 102, 202.
The mass control tank 272 may be fluidly coupled to the low pressure side of the working fluid circuits 102, 202 via one or more fluid lines (e.g., the inventory return/supply lines) and valves (e.g., the inventory return/supply valves). The valves are moveable—as being partially opened, fully opened, and/or closed—to either remove working fluid from the working fluid circuits 102, 202 or add working fluid to the working fluid circuits 102, 202. Exemplary embodiments of the mass management system 270, and a range of variations thereof, are found in U.S. application Ser. No. 13/278,705, filed Oct. 21, 2011, and published as U.S. Pub. No. 2012-0047892, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference to the extent consistent with the present disclosure.
In some embodiments, the mass control tank 272 may be configured as a localized storage tank for additional/supplemental working fluid that may be added to the heat engine system 90, 200 when desired in order to regulate the pressure or temperature of the working fluid within the working fluid circuits 102, 202 or otherwise supplement escaped working fluid. By controlling the valves, the mass management system 270 adds and/or removes working fluid mass to/from the heat engine systems 100, 200 with or without the need of a pump, thereby reducing system cost, complexity, and maintenance.
Additional or supplemental working fluid may be added to the mass control tank 272, hence, added to the mass management system 270 and the working fluid circuits 102, 202, from an external source, such as by a fluid fill system via at least one connection point or fluid fill port, such as a working fluid feed. Exemplary fluid fill systems are described and illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 8,281,593, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference to the extent consistent with the present disclosure. In some embodiments, a working fluid storage vessel 278 may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuits 102, 202 and utilized to supply supplemental working fluid into the working fluid circuits 102, 202.
In another embodiment described herein, seal gas may be supplied to components or devices contained within and/or utilized along with the heat engine systems 100, 200. One or multiple streams of seal gas may be derived from the working fluid within the working fluid circuits 102, 202 and contain carbon dioxide in a gaseous, subcritical, or supercritical state. In some examples, the seal gas supply is a connection point or valve that feeds into a seal gas system. A gas return is generally coupled to a discharge, recapture, or return of seal gas and other gases. The gas return provides a feed stream into the working fluid circuits 102, 202 of recycled, recaptured, or otherwise returned gases—generally derived from the working fluid. The gas return may be fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuits 102, 202 upstream of the coolers 140, 240 and downstream of the recuperators 130a-130c and 230.
The heat engine systems 100, 200 contain a process control system communicably connected, wired and/or wirelessly, with numerous sets of sensors, valves, and pumps, in order to process the measured and reported temperatures, pressures, and mass flowrates of the working fluid at the designated points within the working fluid circuits 102, 202. In response to these measured and/or reported parameters, the process control system may be operable to selectively adjust the valves in accordance with a control program or algorithm, thereby maximizing operation of the heat engine systems 100, 200.
The process control system may operate with the heat engine systems 100, 200 semi-passively with the aid of several sets of sensors. The first set of sensors is arranged at or adjacent the suction inlet of the turbopump and the start pump and the second set of sensors is arranged at or adjacent the outlet of the turbopump and the start pump. The first and second sets of sensors monitor and report the pressure, temperature, mass flowrate, or other properties of the working fluid within the low and high pressure sides of the working fluid circuits 102, 202 adjacent the turbopump and the start pump. The third set of sensors may be arranged either inside or adjacent the mass control tank 272 of the mass management system 270 to measure and report the pressure, temperature, mass flowrate, or other properties of the working fluid within the mass control tank 272. Additionally, an instrument air supply (not shown) may be coupled to sensors, devices, or other instruments within the heat engine systems 100, 200 and/or the mass management system 270 that may utilized a gaseous source, such as nitrogen or air.
Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide heat engine systems and methods for transforming energy, such as generating mechanical energy and/or electrical energy from thermal energy. Embodiments provide that the heat engine systems may have one of several different configurations of a working fluid circuit. In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide-based power cycle includes a working fluid pumped from a low pressure to a high pressure, raising the high pressure fluid temperature (through heat addition), expanding the fluid through a work producing device (such as a turbine), then cooling the low pressure fluid back to its starting point (through heat rejection to the atmosphere). This power cycle may be augmented through various heat recovery devices such as recuperators and other external heat exchangers. The effectiveness of adding heat is an important factor during the operation of such power cycle. Poorly designed cycles can be inefficient at heat to electrical power conversion in addition to requiring large heat exchangers to perform the task. Such systems deliver power at a much higher cost per kilowatt than the highly optimized systems described by embodiments herein. High pressure and temperature heat exchangers account for a large portion of the total cost of a sc-CO2 system and maintaining high temperature differences across the heat exchangers provide the ability to utilize a cheaper and smaller heat exchanger.
In one embodiment described herein and depicted in
In one or more embodiments described herein and depicted in
In other embodiments described herein and depicted in
The heat of compression from the first stage compressor (compressor 2 in the diagram below and in the document) is fully recovered through the use of the split low temperature recuperator. None, or substantially none, of the heat transformed by the compression of the hot gas is rejected to the atmosphere; rather, it is recovered for use in the rest of the cycle. The split nature of the recuperator provides the maximum amount of heat that may be recovered prior to compression, independently of where the inlet of the other compressors may be. In one embodiment, the heat engine may have only one expander or turbine, while in other embodiments, the heat engine may have two or more expanders or turbines.
In some exemplary embodiments, as depicted in
first waste heat exchanger (WHX1);
second waste heat exchanger (WHX2);
third waste heat exchanger (WHX3);
first turbine (Turbine 1);
second turbine (Turbine 2);
first recuperator (RC1);
second recuperator (RC2);
third recuperator (RC3);
fourth recuperator (RC4);
first condenser (Condenser 1);
second condenser (Condenser 2);
first compressor (Compressor 1); and
second compressor (Compressor 2).
In one or more embodiments described herein, the heat engine systems 400, 500 may contain a working fluid circuit 402 having a high pressure side and a low pressure side and also contain a working fluid. Generally, at least a portion of the working fluid circuit 402 may contain the working fluid in a supercritical state and the working fluid contains carbon dioxide. The heat engine system 400, 500 may further contain a first waste heat exchanger, a second waste heat exchanger, and a third waste heat exchanger fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit 402. Each of the first, second, and third waste heat exchangers may be configured to be fluidly coupled to and in thermal communication with one or more heat sources or heat streams 410 and may be configured to transfer thermal energy from the one or more heat sources or heat streams 410 to the working fluid within the high pressure side.
In some embodiments, the heat engine system 400, 500 may also contain a first turbine and a second turbine fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit 402 and configured to convert a pressure drop in the working fluid to mechanical energy. The heat engine system 400, 500 may also contain a first compressor and a second compressor fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit 402 and configured to pressurize or circulate the working fluid within the working fluid circuit 402.
The heat engine system 400, 500 may further contain a first recuperator, a second recuperator, a third recuperator, and a fourth recuperator fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit 402 and configured to transfer thermal energy from the low pressure side to the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit 402. Each of the first, second, third, and fourth recuperators further contains a cooling portion fluidly coupled to the low pressure side and configured to transfer thermal energy from the working fluid flowing through the low pressure side and a heating portion fluidly coupled to the high pressure side and configured to transfer thermal energy to the working fluid flowing through the high pressure side. The heat engine system 400, 500 may also contain a first condenser and a second condenser in thermal communication with the working fluid in the working fluid circuit 402 and configured to remove thermal energy from the working fluid in the working fluid circuit 402.
Additionally, the heat engine system 400, 500 may contain a split flowpath 444, a split junction 442, and a recombined junction 446 disposed within the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit 402. The split flowpath 444 may extend from the split junction 442, through the heating portion of the fourth recuperator, and to the recombined junction 446. The split junction 442 may be disposed downstream of the first compressor and upstream of the heating portions of the third and fourth recuperators. The recombined junction 446 may be disposed downstream of the heating portions of the third and fourth recuperators and upstream of the heating portion of the second recuperator.
In some examples, the first turbine may be disposed downstream of the first waste heat exchanger and upstream of the second waste heat exchanger and the second turbine may be disposed downstream of the second waste heat exchanger and upstream of the cooling portion of the first recuperator. In other examples, the first recuperator may be disposed downstream of the second turbine and upstream of the cooling portion of the second recuperator on the low pressure side and disposed downstream of the third waste heat exchanger and upstream of the first waste heat exchanger on the high pressure side. The cooling portions of the first recuperator, the second recuperator, and the third recuperator may be serially disposed on the low pressure side. The cooling portion of the third recuperator, the second condenser, and the second compressor may be serially disposed on the low pressure side. The cooling portion of the fourth recuperator, the first condenser, and the first compressor may be serially disposed on the working fluid circuit 402.
In other exemplary configurations, the heating portion of the second recuperator, the third waste heat exchanger, the heating portion of the first recuperator, and the first waste heat exchanger may be serially disposed on the high pressure side upstream of the first turbine. In one example, the first compressor and the heating portion of the third recuperator may be serially disposed on the high pressure side upstream of the heating portion of the second recuperator. In another example, the first compressor and the heating portion of the fourth recuperator may be serially disposed on the high pressure side upstream of the heating portion of the second recuperator.
The heat engine systems 400, 500 may contain a first driveshaft coupled to and between the first turbine and the first compressor, wherein the first driveshaft is configured to drive the first compressor with the mechanical energy produced by the first turbine. Also, the heat engine system 400, 500 may contain a second driveshaft coupled to and between the second turbine and the second compressor, wherein the second driveshaft is configured to drive the second compressor with the mechanical energy produced by the second turbine. The first condenser, the second condenser, or both of the first and second condensers, may be disposed within the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 402, are in thermal communication with the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 402, and are configured to remove thermal energy from the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 402.
In some exemplary configurations, the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit 402 is downstream of the first turbine or the second turbine and upstream of the first compressor or the second compressor, and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit 402 is downstream of the first compressor or the second compressor and upstream of the first turbine or the second turbine.
The pump 250 uses shaft work to increase the pressure of the working fluid at its discharge. The working fluid then enters heat exchanger 230, in which its temperature is raised by enabling it to absorb residual heat from the fluid at the turbine 260 discharge. The preheated fluid enters the heat exchanger 220a, where it absorbs additional heat from an external source 210, such as a hot exhaust stream from another engine or other heat source. The preheated fluid is then expanded through turbine 260, creating shaft work that is used to both drive the pump 250, and to generate electrical power through the power generator 266, which may be a motor/alternator or a motor/generator in some embodiments. The expanded fluid then rejects some of its residual heat in heat exchanger 230 and then enters condenser 240, completing the cycle.
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The second stream exiting the pump 250 enters another recuperator or heat exchanger 518, where it is preheated by higher temperature working fluid, before being additionally heated in the heat exchanger 220b. The fluid is then expanded through the turbine 260, which provides the shaft work to rotate the pump 250 through a mechanical coupling. The fluid exiting the turbine 260 combines with the first stream after it has exited the heat exchanger 230. This combined flow provides the heat source to preheat the second stream in the heat exchanger 518. Finally, the combined stream enters the condenser 240, completing the cycle.
Due to the larger size of the system 514 compared to the system 600, in some embodiments, a low-temperature CO2 storage tank 272 is used to provide fluid for pressure control of the main system, rather than the higher pressure tank in the systems 600 and 200. Additional fluid enters the system via feed pump 520 through valve 522 and exits the system through valve 524. Valves 526 and 528 provide throttling, system control, and emergency shut-down similar to valve 506 in the system 600. In some embodiments, the power generator 266 may be a synchronous generator, and speed control is provided by direct power connection 530 to an electrical grid. Further, in the illustrated embodiment, the components are arranged on a carbon dioxide storage skid 532, a process skid 534, and a power turbine skid 536, but in other embodiments, the components may be arranged or coupled in any suitable manner, depending on implementation-specific considerations.
It is to be understood that the present disclosure describes several exemplary embodiments for implementing different features, structures, or functions of the disclosure. Exemplary embodiments of components, arrangements, and configurations are described herein to simplify the present disclosure, however, these exemplary embodiments are provided merely as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Additionally, the present disclosure may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various exemplary embodiments and across the Figures provided herein. This repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various exemplary embodiments and/or configurations discussed in the various Figures. Moreover, the formation of a first feature over or on a second feature in the present disclosure may include embodiments in which the first and second features are formed in direct contact, and may also include embodiments in which additional features may be formed interposing the first and second features, such that the first and second features may not be in direct contact. Finally, the exemplary embodiments described herein may be combined in any combination of ways, i.e., any element from one exemplary embodiment may be used in any other exemplary embodiment without departing from the scope of the disclosure.
Additionally, certain terms are used throughout the written description and claims to refer to particular components. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, various entities may refer to the same component by different names, and as such, the naming convention for the elements described herein is not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, unless otherwise specifically defined herein. Further, the naming convention used herein is not intended to distinguish between components that differ in name but not function. Further, in the written description and in the claims, the terms “including”, “containing”, and “comprising” are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted to mean “including, but not limited to”. All numerical values in this disclosure may be exact or approximate values unless otherwise specifically stated. Accordingly, various embodiments of the disclosure may deviate from the numbers, values, and ranges disclosed herein without departing from the intended scope. Furthermore, as it is used in the claims or specification, the term “or” is intended to encompass both exclusive and inclusive cases, i.e., “A or B” is intended to be synonymous with “at least one of A and B”, unless otherwise expressly specified herein.
The foregoing has outlined features of several embodiments so that those skilled in the art may better understand the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art should appreciate that they may readily use the present disclosure as a basis for designing or modifying other processes and structures for carrying out the same purposes and/or achieving the same advantages of the embodiments introduced herein. Those skilled in the art should also realize that such equivalent constructions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, and that they may make various changes, substitutions and alterations herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
This application is a national stage application of PCT/US2014/020242, which was filed on Mar. 4, 2014, which claims priority to U.S. Prov. Appl. No. 61/782,400, which was filed on Mar. 14, 2013, U.S. Prov. Appl. No. 61/772,204, which was filed on Mar. 4, 2013, and U.S. Prov. Appl. No. 61/818,355, which was filed on May 1, 2013, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference to the extent consistent with the present disclosure.
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