- Title
- Design of limaçon gas expanders
- Creator
- Phung, Truong; Sultan, Ibrahim; Boretti, Alberto
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/155301
- Identifier
- vital:11283
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27055-5_3
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-3-31927055-5; 978-3-31927053-1
- Abstract
- Limaçon is a simple and yet reliable technology, which can be employed to manufacture gas expanders to extract work or electrical power from low-grade heat or solar power resources; Limaçon technology can also be applied to smallscale power generation applications or can be used to improve energy efficiency of existing processes. Sultan (Journal of Mechanical Design, 787-793, 2006) and Sultan and Schaller (Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2011) have come up with an optimum design of Limaçon-to-Limaçon expanders based on their thermodynamics performance; the design presented a model to calculate the cross-sectional area as well as the velocity of fluid flow through the inlet and discharge ports. However, the problem of optimum geometric characteristics of the inlet and discharge manifolds and the best parameters of various Limaçon embodiments are left to be solved.Additionally, the effect of the phase change on the expander performance is yet to be investigated. Aim of this document is to provide the framework of the Limaçon machines to achieve optimum expander geometries for power generation systems with various types of working fluids. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Relation
- Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications : Advanced Analysis of Vehicle Related Technologies Chapter 3 p. 91-119
- Rights
- Copyright © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Expanders; Limacon; Renewable energy; Rotating machines; Waste-heat recovery
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