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HIGH EFFICIENCY ORC FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALT BOILER FOR BIOMASS APPLICATIONS
Davide Bonalumi, Marco Astolfi, Roberta Roberto, Matteo Caldera, Matteo Carmelo Romano, Davide Maria Turi, Paolo Silva, Antonio Giuffrida, Costante Invernizzi, Ennio Macchi
Session: System design and optimization IV
Session starts: Tuesday 08 October, 11:20
Presentation starts: 12:00
Room: Ruys & Rijckenvorsel Zaal


Davide Bonalumi (Politecnico di Milano)
Marco Astolfi (Politecnico di Milano)
Roberta Roberto (ENEA)
Matteo Caldera (ENEA)
Matteo Carmelo Romano (Politecnico di Milano)
Davide Maria Turi (Politecnico di Milano)
Paolo Silva (Politecnico di Milano)
Antonio Giuffrida (Politecnico di Milano)
Costante Invernizzi (Università di Brescia)
Ennio Macchi (Politecnico di Milano)


Abstract:
This work presents innovative cogenerative Organic Rankine Cycles operating with fluids at high temperature (up to 400°C) coupled with a biomass-fired molten salts boiler, that allow to obtain an electrical efficiency over the threshold of 20%. Two fluids have been considered in this study, namely PP9 and TiCl4. The power plants are modeled with Aspen Plus. Both subcritical and supercritical cycles have been investigated. The cycle efficiencies obtained with PP9 is almost of 22%, while with TiCl4 is over 23%.