Preliminary design and performance analysis of the liquid turbine for supercritical compressed air energy storage systems

Li, H., Shao, Z., Zhang, X., Zhu, Y., Li, W., Chen, H. and Yu, Z. (2022) Preliminary design and performance analysis of the liquid turbine for supercritical compressed air energy storage systems. Applied Thermal Engineering, 203, 117891. (doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117891)

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Abstract

Liquid turbines can replace throttling valves to recover waste energy and reduce vaporization in various industrial systems, such as liquefied natural gas, air separation, supercritical compressed air energy storage (SC-CAES) systems, et al. However, there were few studies about differences in the preliminary design method between general radial inflow turbines and liquid turbines. In this paper, a preliminary design method of liquid turbines was presented, and the performance of liquid turbines was predicted using CFD methods which were validated with experimental results. The efficiency of the designed liquid turbine was 92% and the output power was 65.7 kW. The performance of the turbine predicted by the preliminary method could agree with simulation results of prototype and model turbines near the design working condition, while there was a certain deviation when the flow rate was less than 70%. Through analyzing the presented preliminary design method, it could be found that distinctive differences in thermal properties of working fluids caused that typical design parameters for liquid turbines, like ratios of the blade height, the hub radius and the area, should be selected differently from empirical values for gas radial turbines. The results obtained in this paper could help guide the design of liquid turbines for various systems to promote energy conservation and improve system efficiencies significantly.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:This research is supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars No. 51925604, International Partnership Program, Bureau of International Cooperation of Chinese Academy of Sciences No. 182211KYSB20170029, Guizhou Province Large Scale Physical Energy Storage Technology Research and Development Platform No. [2019]4011.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Li, Dr Hongyang and Yu, Professor Zhibin
Authors: Li, H., Shao, Z., Zhang, X., Zhu, Y., Li, W., Chen, H., and Yu, Z.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
Journal Name:Applied Thermal Engineering
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1359-4311
ISSN (Online):1359-4311
Published Online:03 December 2021
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2021 Elsevier
First Published:First published in Applied Thermal Engineering 203: 117891
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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