The supercritical carbon dioxide(sCO_(2))Brayton cycle system has become an emerging and highly promising method of thermal power conversion due to its efficiency advantage,system compactness,and excellent adaptabilit...The supercritical carbon dioxide(sCO_(2))Brayton cycle system has become an emerging and highly promising method of thermal power conversion due to its efficiency advantage,system compactness,and excellent adaptability of the heat sources.For the low carbon sCO_(2)Brayton cycle testbed with cycle output power approaching 3 MW,a relatively detailed dynamic simulation model of the entire system is constructed to explore the dynamic response characteristics of the system with different startup strategies and different buffer tank volumes during the startup process.The simulation results indicate that the smaller the volume of the buffer tank,the more rapid and obvious the parameter fluctuation in the buffer tank during the startup.Assuming the allowable relative deviation limit of density is 5%,then the ratio of the buffer tank volume to the volume of the entire closed loop should not be lower than 36.80%.The strategy of simultaneous temperature and speed increase during turbine bypass start can effectively reduce the fluctuation of compressor inlet parameters and reach the steady-state more quickly.This paper provides the recommended matching table for the opening of the turbine bypass valve(TBV)and the main regulating valve(MGV)to reduce the parameter fluctuation during the bypass switching.The effectiveness of the proposed turbine bypass and bypass switching startup strategy is verified by simulation,which may be used as a reference for test bench's future debugging and operation.展开更多
Thetechnical,economic,and environmental performance of solar hot-water(SWH)systems for Swedish residential apartments—where approximately 80%of household energy is devoted to space heating and sanitary hotwater produ...Thetechnical,economic,and environmental performance of solar hot-water(SWH)systems for Swedish residential apartments—where approximately 80%of household energy is devoted to space heating and sanitary hotwater production—was assessed.Two collector types,flat plate(FP)and evacuated tube(ET),were simulated in TSOL Pro 5.5 for five major cities(Stockholm,Goteborg,Malmo,Uppsala,Linkoping).Climatic data and cold-water temperatures were sourced fromMeteonorm7.1,and economic parameters were derived fromrecent national statistics and literature.All calculations explicitly accounted for heat losses from collectors,storage tanks,and internal and external piping systems,and established solar-fraction equations and NPV methodology were applied.Sensitivity analyseswere conducted to determine optimal collector area and hot-water storage volume.Additionally,a Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis(10,000 iterations,±10%)and break-even subsidy/carbon-credit assessments were performed.The discount rate for NPV calculations was set at 0% for capital interest with a 5%reinvestment return over a 25-year lifespan.The highest annual solar heat yield(8017.5 kWh)was obtained in Malmo with 32 m^(2) of ET collectors,meeting 52.7%of total heating demand.Annual CO_(2) emissions were avoided by FP and ET systems by approximately~9.07 and~10.55 tonnes,respectively.Economic analysis showed that no payback was achieved without government allowance;however,at a$0.05/m^(2) allowance,positive NPV was exhibited at all stations.Lower levelized heat costs were delivered by FP systems,while ET systems demonstrated consistent superiority under climatic and economic variability according to the Monte Carlo analysis.Optimal design parameters were identified as 32 collectors and a 1680 L heating buffer tank,and Sankey diagrams highlighted collector losses as the dominant inefficiency.It was concluded that properly designed SWH systems,when supported by targeted subsidies,can significantly reduce fossil-fuel demand and CO_(2) emissions in Swedish residential buildings.This work provides the first city-specific technical–economic–environmental dataset for Sweden,establishes a foundation for a national solar-heating atlas,and informs policymaking toward 100%renewable energy targets;beyond the baseline evaluation,explicit subsidy and carbon-price thresholds,quantified uncertainty ranges,and loss-flow visualizations are also provided,reinforcing the robustness and policy relevance of the findings.展开更多
基金supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of China(Grant No.2017-Ⅰ-0002-0002)Major National Science And Technology Infrastructure"High-Efficiency and Low-Carbon Gas Turbine Research Facility"(Grant No.2017-000052-73-01-001569)。
文摘The supercritical carbon dioxide(sCO_(2))Brayton cycle system has become an emerging and highly promising method of thermal power conversion due to its efficiency advantage,system compactness,and excellent adaptability of the heat sources.For the low carbon sCO_(2)Brayton cycle testbed with cycle output power approaching 3 MW,a relatively detailed dynamic simulation model of the entire system is constructed to explore the dynamic response characteristics of the system with different startup strategies and different buffer tank volumes during the startup process.The simulation results indicate that the smaller the volume of the buffer tank,the more rapid and obvious the parameter fluctuation in the buffer tank during the startup.Assuming the allowable relative deviation limit of density is 5%,then the ratio of the buffer tank volume to the volume of the entire closed loop should not be lower than 36.80%.The strategy of simultaneous temperature and speed increase during turbine bypass start can effectively reduce the fluctuation of compressor inlet parameters and reach the steady-state more quickly.This paper provides the recommended matching table for the opening of the turbine bypass valve(TBV)and the main regulating valve(MGV)to reduce the parameter fluctuation during the bypass switching.The effectiveness of the proposed turbine bypass and bypass switching startup strategy is verified by simulation,which may be used as a reference for test bench's future debugging and operation.
文摘Thetechnical,economic,and environmental performance of solar hot-water(SWH)systems for Swedish residential apartments—where approximately 80%of household energy is devoted to space heating and sanitary hotwater production—was assessed.Two collector types,flat plate(FP)and evacuated tube(ET),were simulated in TSOL Pro 5.5 for five major cities(Stockholm,Goteborg,Malmo,Uppsala,Linkoping).Climatic data and cold-water temperatures were sourced fromMeteonorm7.1,and economic parameters were derived fromrecent national statistics and literature.All calculations explicitly accounted for heat losses from collectors,storage tanks,and internal and external piping systems,and established solar-fraction equations and NPV methodology were applied.Sensitivity analyseswere conducted to determine optimal collector area and hot-water storage volume.Additionally,a Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis(10,000 iterations,±10%)and break-even subsidy/carbon-credit assessments were performed.The discount rate for NPV calculations was set at 0% for capital interest with a 5%reinvestment return over a 25-year lifespan.The highest annual solar heat yield(8017.5 kWh)was obtained in Malmo with 32 m^(2) of ET collectors,meeting 52.7%of total heating demand.Annual CO_(2) emissions were avoided by FP and ET systems by approximately~9.07 and~10.55 tonnes,respectively.Economic analysis showed that no payback was achieved without government allowance;however,at a$0.05/m^(2) allowance,positive NPV was exhibited at all stations.Lower levelized heat costs were delivered by FP systems,while ET systems demonstrated consistent superiority under climatic and economic variability according to the Monte Carlo analysis.Optimal design parameters were identified as 32 collectors and a 1680 L heating buffer tank,and Sankey diagrams highlighted collector losses as the dominant inefficiency.It was concluded that properly designed SWH systems,when supported by targeted subsidies,can significantly reduce fossil-fuel demand and CO_(2) emissions in Swedish residential buildings.This work provides the first city-specific technical–economic–environmental dataset for Sweden,establishes a foundation for a national solar-heating atlas,and informs policymaking toward 100%renewable energy targets;beyond the baseline evaluation,explicit subsidy and carbon-price thresholds,quantified uncertainty ranges,and loss-flow visualizations are also provided,reinforcing the robustness and policy relevance of the findings.
