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Exergoeconomic Optimization of an Integrated Supercritical CO2 Power Plant and Ejector-Based Refrigeration System for Electricity and Cooling Production

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This paper presents a cogeneration supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton cycle (SCRBC) integrated with an ejector refrigeration cycle (ERC). The system uses the waste heat of SCRBC to drive ERC to produce both electricity and cooling effect. The generator of ERC cools the hot CO2 before entering the compressor and simultaneously heats the ERC refrigerant. Ammonia is selected as a working refrigerant in the ERC. A comprehensive thermodynamic and exergoeconomic study examines a base case of the SCRBC/ERC plant. A sensitivity study is conducted to identify the substantial parameters needed for multi-objective optimization (MOO), which balances cost-saving and energy efficiency. Because the proposed plant produces two useful outputs, electricity and cooling effect, three MOO cases are investigated to enhance the plant performance. Case (1) maximizes the energy utilization factor and minimizes the total product unit cost. Case (2) provides a compromise between the cost of exergy destruction per unit product exergy and the plant investment cost per product exergy unit. Finally, case (3) focuses on finding the best trade-off between the proposed plant's electricity cost and second-law efficiency. The optimization study indicates that case (3) provides the lowest cost of products at the maximum energy and exergy efficiencies. According to it, 13.45 MW for electric power and 4.47 MW for cooling effect are delivered at an evaporator temperature of 5 °C, which is more suitable for cooling applications.

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Abbreviations

A :

Area, m2

AR:

Area ratio of ejector

c :

Cost per exergy unit, $/GJ

\(\dot{C}\) :

Cost rate, $/h

\({c}_{p,\mathrm{tot}}\) :

Total product unit cost, $/GJ

\(\dot{E}\) :

Exergy, W

\(f\) :

Exergo-economic factor, %

h :

Specific enthalpy, J/kg

\(\dot{m}\) :

Mass flow rate, kg/s

P :

Pressure, Pa

PR:

Pressure ratio

\(\dot{Q}\) :

Heat transfer rate, W

SR:

Split ratio

T :

Temperature, K

U:

Uncertainty, ±

\(\dot{W}\) :

Power, W

Z :

Capital cost, $

\({\dot{Z}}_{k,\mathrm{tot}}\) :

Total capital cost rate of the plant, $/h

η:

efficiency, %

ε:

effectiveness

\(\varphi\) :

maintenance factor

c:

Condenser

D:

Destruction

e:

Evaporator

ex:

Exergy

F:

Fuel

g:

Generator

MC:

Main compressor

P:

Pump, product

pc:

Pre-cooler

R:

Reactor

RC:

Re-compressor

s:

Isentropic

T:

Turbine

th:

Thermal

tot:

Total

CI:

Capital investment

M:

Mechanical

T:

Thermal

AB:

Absorption

ABC:

Absorption cooling

CORP:

Coefficient of refrigeration performance

CRF:

Capital recovery factor

DVs:

Decision variables

ERC:

Ejector refrigeration cycle

EUF:

Energy utilization factor

LCOE:

Levelized cost of energy, $/kWh

MED:

Multiple-effect distillation

MOO:

Multi-objective optimization

OF:

Objective function

ORC:

Organic Rankine cycle

SCRBC:

Supercritical carbon dioxide recompression Brayton cycle

TD:

Thermal desalination

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  1. Department of Mechanical Power Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt

    Ramy H. Mohammed

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    Naef A. A. Qasem

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Syed M. Zubair

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Mohammed, R.H., Qasem, N.A.A. & Zubair, S.M. Exergoeconomic Optimization of an Integrated Supercritical CO2 Power Plant and Ejector-Based Refrigeration System for Electricity and Cooling Production. Arab J Sci Eng 47, 9137–9149 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-06414-9

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