Thermodynamic analysis of a novel design of conventional compound parabolic concentrator system integrated with an organic Rankine

Abstract

In this paper a novel design of conventional compound parabolic concentrator system coupled with an organic rankine cycle has been proposed. The exergetic efficiency and exergy destruction have been calculated to evaluate the system performance by using zeotropic mixture of cyclopentane/R1234yf. The results indicated that the zeotropic mixture exhibited better exergetic efiiciency and lower exergy destruction than pure fluid. Further, the internal heat exchanger was also incorporated in the system. It was observed that first law efficiency improved and exergy destruction reduced. The proposed system can be utilized for the power generation purposes and be the best answer for solving the energy crisis all across the globe.