Efficiency of a Turbine Cycle cycle with supercritical CO2 as working fluid
Author: Valery Ochkov (http://twt.mpei.ac.ru/ochkov/v_ochkov.htm)
Calculation of the thermal efficiency a cycle with supercritical CO2 as working fluid. This cycle is used for recycling waste heat (in flue gas) from industrial plants - to generate electricity
Input data:
Temperature difference between the recuperator and the condencer
Specific entropy of live CO2 vapor (the turbine inlet - the point #1):
Specific enthalpy of live CO2 vapor (the turbine inlet - the point #1):
Specific entropy of working fluid in the outlet of the turbine (an ideal process of the vapor extension)
Temperature of working fluid in the outlet of the turbine (an ideal process of the vapor extension)
Specific enthalpy of working fluid in the outlet of the turbine (an ideal process of the vapor extension)
Specific isentropic work of the tubine (an ideal process of the vapor extension)
Specific actual work of tubine
Specific enthalpy of working fluid in the point 2
Temperature of working fluid in point 2
Temperature of working fluid in point 4
Specific entropy of working fluid in point 4
Specific enthalpy of working fluid in point 4
Specific entropy of working fluid in point 5 (an ideal process of the vapor extension)
Pressure in point 5
Temperature of working fluid in point 5 (an ideal process of the liquid compression)
Specific enthalpy of working fluid in point 5 (an ideal process of the liquid compression)
Specific isentropic work of the pump
Specific actual work of pump
Specific enthalpy of working fluid in point 5
Temperature of working fluid in point 5
Specific entropy of working fluid in point 5
Pressure in point 3
Temperature in point 3
Specific enthalpy of working fluid in point 3
Specific entropy of working fluid in point 3
Heat of the recuperator
Specific enthalpy of working fluid in point 6
Pressure in point 6
Temperature in point 6
Specific entropy of working fluid in point 6
Waste heat
Thermal efficiency
Internal efficiency
Author: Valery Ochkov