Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

The Effect of Different Configurations of Organic Rankine Cycle on Hydrogen Production from Cogeneration System of Power and Hydrogen using Solar Energy Source

Authors
Hamid Ghasem Khani 1
Mohammad Nikian 2
Mehrangiz Ghazi 3
1 PhD Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tak.C., Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tak.C., Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum, Mining and Materials Engineering, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
10.30506/ijmep.2024.2033883.1982
Abstract
In this research, by using different configurations of the organic Rankine cycle, power and hydrogen production systems driven by solar energy have been analyzed and investigated in EES software, and the effect of different configurations on hydrogen production has been studied.
Also, the effects of condenser temperature, solar fluid mass flow rate, turbine inlet pressure, and solar fluid inlet temperature on hydrogen production in each of the cycles have been investigated.
The results of the showed that double pressure Rankine not only does not result in a significant increase in the amount of hydrogen production, but also reduces the amount of hydrogen production by 80% compared to the basic cycle and compared to the other two arrangements has a greater reduction effect in hydrogen production. Adding an open fluid heater also reduces hydrogen production by 25% compared to the base cycle. The least reduction effect is related to the addition of an intermediate exchanger with a 20% reduction in hydrogen production compared to the base cycle.
Keywords
Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)
Hydrogen production
Solar energy source
PEM electrolyzer

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 10 July 2024
  • Revise Date 06 November 2024
  • Accept Date 31 December 2024