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Title: Design and analysis of a sliding vane pump for waste heat to power conversion systems using organic fluids
Authors: Bianchi, G
Fatigati, F
Murgia, S
Cipollone, R
Keywords: waste heat recovery;Organic Rankine Cycle;positive displacement pump;sliding vane pump;GT-SUITE TM
Citation: Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017, 124 pp. 1038 - 1048
Abstract: The current research work assesses the relevance of pumping work in energy recovery systems based on bottoming Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC) and presents the development of a sliding vane pump prototype for small scale units. The novel device was installed on an ORC-based power unit for waste heat to power conversion in compressed air applications in which the heat source was a compressor lubricant while the heat sink was tap water. Tests were performed with R236fa as working fluid at different pressure rises (3.9-9.7) and revolution speeds (500-1300 RPM). The experimental dataset was used to validate a numerical one-dimensional CFD model of the sliding vane pump developed in the GT-SUITE™ environment. The model takes into account the fluid dynamics and friction phenomena that are involved in the pump operation such as vane filling and emptying, leakages as well as dry and viscous friction between components in relative motion. The modelling platform was further exploited to retrieve performance maps of the pump, angular vane pressure evolution as well as to break down leakage and friction losses. The effects of geometrical features on the pump performance were eventually investigated through variations of the aspect ratio. With reference to the best experimental operating point (pressure rise 9.7, revolution speed 1250 RPM), simulations showed that, with a stator 5% bigger than the nominal one and the length almost halved, overall pump efficiency could be increased from the experimental 36.9% to a value of 48.0%. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/20834
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.06.083
metadata.dc.relation.replaces: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14798
2438/14798
ISSN: 1359-4311
Appears in Collections:Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers

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