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A Double Pinch Criterion for Optimization of Regenerative Rankine Cycles: Powerplant Operation and Simulation/Optimization Software Modeling Strategies

Technology Benefits: -Easy to implement in new plants and operating plants-Requires no capital costs to implement and immediately applicable-Criterion is also beneficial for heat exchange and integration where working fluids are not identical-In simulation and optimization software, the criterion reduces time and memory requirements while eliminating errors and failures and avoids convergence to suboptimal local optimum

Technology Application: Optimizing (design and) operation of Rankine cycles

Detailed Technology Description: None

Supplementary Information: Inventor: Klausner, James F. | Mei, Renwei
Priority Number: US6919000B2
IPC Current: C02F000104 | C02F000114 | C02F000116
US Class: 203010 | 096300 | 203DIG17 | 210150 | 261094 | 2611121 | 2611122
Assignee Applicant: University of Floridainesville
Title: Diffusion driven desalination apparatus and process
Usefulness: Diffusion driven desalination apparatus and process
Summary: For purifying water, or for a power plant including a desalination system (claimed).
Novelty: Water purifying apparatus comprises diffusion tower for receiving heated water stream and creating at least one region having thin film of water from heated water stream having temperature above ambient temperature

Industry: Environmental/Green Technology

Sub Category: Water Processing

*Abstract: Problem:Conventional and currently-implemented procedures for the operation of regeneration in Rankine cycles are suboptimal. Moderate improvements in efficiency (such as the ones obtained by this technology) have dramatic impacts on cost of electricity production and profitability.Technology:The invention describes a new way to operate bleeds and feedwater heaters that result in optimized operation of regenerative Rankine cycles. It is based on a double-pinch criterion for closed feedwater heaters and works for different feedwater configurations. It also introduces a computation algorithm to improve simulation and optimization that can be used in any power plant modeling software.

Country/Region: USA

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