[TRNSYS-users] thermodynamic cycle

[Diego Alejandro Arias]

Dear Bertrand,

There were two Master's thesis at the Solar Energy Laboratory,  
University of Wisconsin-Madison, that studied power cycles connected  
to concentrating solar systems:
-McMahan, A. C., (M.S., 2006), "Design & Optimization of Organic  
Rankine Cycle Solar-Thermal Powerplants"
-Patnode, A.M., (M.S., 2006), "Simulation and Performance Evaluation  
of Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants"
You can access them on this link:
http://sel.me.wisc.edu/publications/theses/theses2.html

If I understand correctly, they found out that trying to simulate the  
thermodynamic power cycle directly in TRNSYS, for long term  
simulations, was not easy and it was very computationally intensive.  
The alternative was to model the cycle in EES, and then derive a  
correlation. This correlation was then used in TRNSYS, linked to a  
more complex system.

Good luck in your research.

Diego


Quoting Tchanche Fankam bertrand <tfb_tchanchef at yahoo.fr>:

> Dear all,
> I am trying to simulate an organic rankine cycle using TRNSYS.
> I found some components in the STEC Library.
> Could anyone tell if i can use these components with a refrigerant   
> (type 58) or other fluids different from water.
>
> More generally, I would like to know which could be the rigth or the  
>  proper way to simulate a Rankine cycle system in TRNSYS.
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
>
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