Improving the energy efficiency of industrial refrigeration systems
- Title
- Improving the energy efficiency of industrial refrigeration systems
- Author
- 김진국
- Keywords
- Refrigeration; Retrofit; Design; Process integration; Optimization
- Issue Date
- 2016-10
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Citation
- ENERGY, v. 112, Page. 826-835
- Abstract
- Various retrofit design options are available for improving the energy efficiency and economics of industrial refrigeration systems. This study considers a novel retrofit option using a mixed refrigerant (MR) in refrigeration cycles designed for use with a pure refrigerant (PR). In this way energy savings can be realized by switching refrigerants without requiring extensive and expensive reconfiguration of equipment. Hence, the aim here is to test the common thinking that equipment should always be extensively reconfigured when switching from pure to mixed refrigerants. To determine the most energy-efficient operating conditions for each refrigeration design an optimization framework is utilized linking a process simulator with an external optimization method. A case study is presented to demonstrate how the proposed process modeling and optimization framework can be applied and to illustrate the economic benefits of using the retrofit design options considered here. For the case considered in this paper, savings of shaft power required for the refrigeration cycle can be achieved from 16.3% to 27.2% when the pure refrigerant is replaced with mixed refrigerants and operating conditions are re-optimized. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544216308933?via%3Dihubhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/99303
- ISSN
- 0360-5442; 1873-6785
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.energy.2016.06.119
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > CHEMICAL ENGINEERING(화학공학과) > Articles
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