Thermodynamic performance analysis of MGT-ORC power system coupled with solar ammonia decomposition for hydrogen production
Building an efficient and pollution-free power generation system is an effective means to solve the current energy shortage and environmental pollution problems.By taking the C65 micro gas turbine produced by Capstone Company as the core power generation component,and coupling with the thermochemical process of solar powered ammonia decomposition to produce hydrogen,this article achieves multi-energy complementarity between renewable energy and ammonia chemical energy.The organic Rankine cycle is used as the bottom cycle to recover the waste heat from the flue gas generated by the micro gas turbine and generate electricity,achieving cascade energy utilization.A detailed simulation process is constructed in the chemical simulation software Aspen Plus.The results show that the complementary use of solar energy and ammonia has improved the calorific value of the generated hydrogen rich synthesis gas.The output power of the micro combustion engine is 89.95 kW,which is 24.95 kW more than the C65 micro combustion engine in the reference system.The electrical efficiency of the system under design conditions reaches 44.81%,and the thermal efficiency is 47.97%,which are 8.51 percentage points and 9.67 percentage points higher than that of the reference system,respectively.The component having the largest exergy loss in the system is the combustion chamber,accounting for 41.67%of the total damage,followed by the evaporator and regenerator,accounting for 14.31%and 11.15%,respectively.Sensitivity analysis shows that the electrical efficiency and thermal efficiency of the system decrease and increase with the increase of solar energy collection,respectively.The research results provide a reference for a distributed micro turbine power generation system using ammonia gas as fuel and coupled with solar energy.
solar energyammoniahydrogen productionthermodynamic performanceMGT-ORC