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Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is a system that uses working fluids with hydrocarbon components instead of water and generates power from the heat recovery of different heat sources. In this study, the exergy analysis of a simple ORC, which produces electrical energy with the help a geothermal source (125°C), was performed. R123, R152a, R245fa and R600a were determined as the fluids to be used in the Cycle. In this analysis, which was carried out according to the pinch point temperature differences (5-20°C) in the evaporator, the exergy performance of the cycle components was evaluated for the geothermal resource unit flow rate and the variation of the exergy efficiency of the system was calculated. With the increase of the pinch point temperature difference in the evaporator, the decrease of the system's exergy efficiency became maximal (11.7%) with the use of R152a as a refrigerant and the loss in the system's exergy efficiency became minimal (9.03%) with the use of R123 as a refrigerant.

Öz: Türkiye gibi dış ortam sıcaklıklarının geniş bir aralıkta değişkenlik gösterdiği ülkelerdeki binalarda, kış aylarında ısı kayıplarını, yaz aylarında ise ısı kazançlarını azaltmak için yapılan yalıtım uygulamalarının önemi her geçen gün artmaktadır. Yapılan yalıtım uygulamalarında su buharı hareketlerinin göz önüne alınması yoğuşma riski açısından oldukça önemlidir. Yoğuşma veya terleme olarak adlandırılan bu olay, malzemelerin zarar görmesi, mukavemetin azalması ve toplam ısı transfer katsayısının yükselmesi nedeniyle ısı kayıplarının artması gibi istenmeyen sonuçlar doğurur. Bu çalışmada dıştan yalıtımlı duvar tipi seçilmiş ve Bitlis ili için yapılan yalıtım uygulamasında yoğuşma riski dikkate alınarak, aylara göre gerekli minimum yalıtım kalınlıkları hesaplanmıştır. Yoğuşma riskinin en fazla olduğu ve bu nedenle yoğuşmayı önlemek için gereken yalıtım kalınlığının maksimum olduğu ay olarak şubat ayı belirlenmiştir. Yapı elemanındaki ısı ve kütle transferi hesaplamaları, farklı iç ortam sıcaklıkları ve bağıl nem koşulları için yapılmıştır. Belirlenen çalışma şartlarında, şubat ayı için gerekli minimum yalıtım kalınlığı yaklaşık 0,104 m olarak hesaplanmıştır.

This study makes energy and exergy analysis of a sample organic Rankine cycle (ORC) with a heat exchanger which produces energy via a geothermal source with a temperature of 140 °C. R600a is preferred as refrigerant to be used in the cycle. The changes in exergy destructions (of irreversibility) and exergy efficiencies in each cycle element are calculated in the analyses made based on the effectiveness of heat exchanger used in cycle and evaporator temperature changing between 60 and 120 °C for fixed pinch point temperature differences in evaporator and condenser. Parameters showing system performance are assessed via second law approach. Effectiveness of heat exchanger and temperature of evaporator are taken into consideration within the scope of this study, and energy and exergy efficiencies of cycle are enhanced maximum 6.87% and 6.21% respectively. Similarly, exergy efficiencies of evaporator, heat exchanger, and condenser are increased 4%, 82%, and 1.57%, respectively, depending on the effectiveness of heat exchanger and temperature of evaporator.

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Original scientific paper https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI181105068C This paper investigates the factors affecting the optimum insulation thickness and its pay-back period, such as heating and cooling energy requirements of building, lifetime, present worth factor, costs of insulation material and installation, costs of energy sources for heating and cooling, heating and cooling system efficiencies, and solar radiation. For this purpose, by considering two cities characterizing the hot and cold climatic conditions, the optimum insulation thickness and its payback period have been calculated and a detailed parametric analysis has been carried out. To achieve practical results, the ranges of the parameters considered in the study include the values typically reported in the literature. The variations in the optimum insulation thickness and the pay-back period with all parameters are presented in graphical form. Finally, order of importance and contribution ratios of the examined parameters on the optimum insulation thickness are determined with the help of Taguchi method. It is found that heating degree-days is the most efficient parameter on the optimum insulation thickness with an impact ratio of 27.33% of the total effect while the least efficient parameter is the efficiency of heating system with an impact ratio of 3.21%.