Competitive study of a geothermal heat pump equipped with an intermediate economizer for various ORC working fluids

Song Zhao; Azher M. Abed; Ahmed Deifalla; Ahmed Al-Zahrani; Yashar Aryanfar; Jorge Luis García Alcaraz; Ahmed M. Galal; Wei Sai

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (May 2023)

Competitive study of a geothermal heat pump equipped with an intermediate economizer for various ORC working fluids

Song Zhao,
Azher M. Abed,
Ahmed Deifalla,
Ahmed Al-Zahrani,
Yashar Aryanfar,
Jorge Luis García Alcaraz,
Ahmed M. Galal,
Wei Sai

Affiliations

Song Zhao: School of Mechanical Engineering, Xijing University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710123, China; Corresponding author.
Azher M. Abed: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Techniques Engineering Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Babylon, 51001, Iraq; Corresponding author.
Ahmed Deifalla: Full Professor Future University in Egypt, South Teseen, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt
Ahmed Al-Zahrani: Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
Yashar Aryanfar: Department of Electric Engineering and Computation, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, Av. Del Charro 450 Norte. Col, Partido Romero, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico; Corresponding author.
Jorge Luis García Alcaraz: Department of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, Av. Del Charro 450 Norte. Col, Partido Romero, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ahmed M. Galal: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering in Wadi Alddawasir, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia; Production Engineering and Mechanical Design Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, P.O 35516, Mansoura, Egypt
Wei Sai: School of Computer Science, Xijing University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710123, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 45
p. 102954

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Exergoenvironmental analysis is used to assess system performance from an environmental point of view. The analyses' guiding principles are formed based on evaluations of the thermodynamic and ambient conditions. The ground source heat pump is one of the most suitable technologies for renewable energy due to its high-performance factor and low-temperature heat energy. In this research, EES software simulated a heat pump with an intermediate economizer and the ground source energy drive. Then the effect of changing different parameters, including the pressure of different parts of the cycle, degree of superheating at the evaporator outlet and degree of subcooling at the condenser outlet, on the environmental parameters (exergoenvironment factor, Exergy stability factor, Environmental damage effectiveness factor, and Exergoenvironmental impact improvement factor), is checked for five working fluids including R134a, R12, R152a, R1234yf and R1234ze(E).

Published in Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

ISSN: 2214-157X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/case-studies-in-thermal-engineering/

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