Sustainable Research of Power Cycles for Energy Conversion
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 4448
Special Issue Editors
Interests: low- and medium-grade energy efficient utilization technology; advanced supercritical carbon dioxide cycle; theory and technology of energy storage system
Interests: efficient conversion and utilization of medium- and low-grade thermal energy; distributed system integration and simulation based on the supercritical CO2 cycle; design and optimization of thermal turbine and compressor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy and environmental issues have always been one of the main challenges facing the development of all countries across the world. These problems can be solved by increasing the share of renewable energy and improving the current energy conversion process. The reasonable utilization of renewable energy, such as geothermal energy, solar energy, and various waste heat resources, is an effective approach for improving process efficiency and reducing fuel consumption. In this regard, many technologies were proposed to convert low- and medium-grade heat sources into electrical energy, such as the organic Rankine cycle, supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle, Kalina cycle, organic flash cycle, absorption power cycle, etc. Most of the literature analyzes indicators such as power cycle technology's power generation cost and product unit total cost from an economic perspective. A few papers evaluated the emission reduction potential of the power cycle from the perspective of carbon emissions. This Special Issue, entitled ‘Sustainable Research of Power Cycles for Energy Conversion’, can provide new ideas for system design.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Exploring a new highly efficient power cycle layout of low- and medium-temperature heat sources.
- Evaluating the sustainability of power cycle systems.
- Sustainability evaluation and load optimal dispatch of the integrated energy system.
Dr. Chuang Wu
Dr. Hang Li
Dr. Jianyong Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic Rankine cycle
- supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle
- Kalina cycle
- organic flash cycle
- absorption power cycle
- combined heating and power cycle
- combined cooling and power cycle
- energy conversion
- power cycle
- thermodynamic analysis
- thermoeconomic analysis
- off-design performance
- sustainable evaluation
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