Thermal, mechanical design and structural simulation of a shell and tube evaporator for low temperature applications in an Organic Rankine Cycle
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The evaporator is one component of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), which employs the thermal energy to activate the cycle. This article shows the process for the thermal and mechanical design of a shell and tube evaporator for an ORC activated by a low temperature heat source, such as water from a geothermal reservoir at 120 °C. The first law of thermodynamics and LMDT method are employed for model the thermal behavior and the structural behavior is evaluated using numerical simulation. The results show an evaporator of 50 cooper tubes of 1”, which works at a rate of 206.7 kW, and produces 16.96 kW of power.
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