Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control method for an organic rankine cycle
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Application No.: US15033895Application Date: 2014-12-15
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Publication No.: US10247047B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Roberto Bini , Claudio Pietra , Davide Colombo
- Applicant: TURBODEN S.R.L.
- Applicant Address: IT Brescia
- Assignee: Turboden S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: Turboden S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Brescia
- Agency: R. Ruschena Patent Agent, LLC
- Priority: ITBS2013A0184 20131219
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/066910 WO 20141215
- International Announcement: WO2015/092649 WO 20150625
- Main IPC: F01K13/02
- IPC: F01K13/02 ; F01K11/02 ; F01K25/08

Abstract:
An embodiment of the present invention is a method of controlling an Organic Rankine Cycle system, the system comprising at least one feed pump (2), at least one heat exchanger (3), an expansion turbine (5) and a condenser (6), the organic Rankine Cycle comprising a feeding phase of an organic working fluid, a heating and vaporization phase of the same working fluid, an expansion and condensation phase of the same working fluid, wherein said method controls an adjusted variable (X), which is a function of an overheating of the organic fluid, by means of a controller (20) that acts by varying a control variable (Y), which is a parameter of the organic fluid in its liquid phase, and wherein the adjusted variable (X) is a temperature difference (ΔT) between a current temperature of the organic fluid in vapor phase at the turbine inlet and a temperature threshold (Tlim), under which the expansion phase involves the formation of a liquid phase of the organic fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160265391A1 CONTROL METHOD FOR AN ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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