Analysis of a combined cycle utilizing parabolic trough collector integrated organic Rankine cycle and single-stage evaporation

Considering the harmful environmental effects of greenhouse gases, including global warming, many researchers are looking to use cleaner energy. In the meantime, renewable energies, including solar energy, have received much attention due to their availability and sustainability. There are different...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Mahyar Khademi, Alibakhsh Kasaeian
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Published: Elsevier 2025-04-01
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description Considering the harmful environmental effects of greenhouse gases, including global warming, many researchers are looking to use cleaner energy. In the meantime, renewable energies, including solar energy, have received much attention due to their availability and sustainability. There are different processes for desalination including multi effect desalination (MED), reverse Osmosis (RO), multi stage flash (MSF), etc. The proposed innovative system in this research is based on parabolic trough collector (PTC), which makes the system efficient and renewable. In this system, PTC have the task of collecting sunlight and transferring it to the organic Rankine cycle (ORC). The turbine is responsible for generating electricity in the ORC in this system. Also, the residual heat is transferred to the single stage evaporation unit (SSE). This unit produces hot water and fresh water. Also, the remaining heat is used by another heat exchanger to produce hydrogen. The integration of this system with renewable energy as a research gap was investigated in this research. The proposed system is simulated in Aspen HYSYS software. Finally, the amount of production equivalent to 32.2 kg/s, 0.55944 kg/s, 4156 kW and 10 kg/s was calculated for hot water, hydrogen, electricity and fresh water respectively.
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spelling doaj-art-7fc43fcdf1f040649d52a98b5238c2a42025-08-20T01:51:00ZengElsevierEnergy Conversion and Management: X2590-17452025-04-012610093210.1016/j.ecmx.2025.100932Analysis of a combined cycle utilizing parabolic trough collector integrated organic Rankine cycle and single-stage evaporationMohammad Mahyar Khademi0Alibakhsh Kasaeian1College of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranCorresponding author.; College of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranConsidering the harmful environmental effects of greenhouse gases, including global warming, many researchers are looking to use cleaner energy. In the meantime, renewable energies, including solar energy, have received much attention due to their availability and sustainability. There are different processes for desalination including multi effect desalination (MED), reverse Osmosis (RO), multi stage flash (MSF), etc. The proposed innovative system in this research is based on parabolic trough collector (PTC), which makes the system efficient and renewable. In this system, PTC have the task of collecting sunlight and transferring it to the organic Rankine cycle (ORC). The turbine is responsible for generating electricity in the ORC in this system. Also, the residual heat is transferred to the single stage evaporation unit (SSE). This unit produces hot water and fresh water. Also, the remaining heat is used by another heat exchanger to produce hydrogen. The integration of this system with renewable energy as a research gap was investigated in this research. The proposed system is simulated in Aspen HYSYS software. Finally, the amount of production equivalent to 32.2 kg/s, 0.55944 kg/s, 4156 kW and 10 kg/s was calculated for hot water, hydrogen, electricity and fresh water respectively.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590174525000649Parabolic trough collectorSingle stage evaporationOrganic Rankine cycleFresh water productionProton exchange membrane electrolysis
spellingShingle Mohammad Mahyar Khademi
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Analysis of a combined cycle utilizing parabolic trough collector integrated organic Rankine cycle and single-stage evaporation
Energy Conversion and Management: X
Parabolic trough collector
Single stage evaporation
Organic Rankine cycle
Fresh water production
Proton exchange membrane electrolysis
title Analysis of a combined cycle utilizing parabolic trough collector integrated organic Rankine cycle and single-stage evaporation
title_full Analysis of a combined cycle utilizing parabolic trough collector integrated organic Rankine cycle and single-stage evaporation
title_fullStr Analysis of a combined cycle utilizing parabolic trough collector integrated organic Rankine cycle and single-stage evaporation
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of a combined cycle utilizing parabolic trough collector integrated organic Rankine cycle and single-stage evaporation
title_short Analysis of a combined cycle utilizing parabolic trough collector integrated organic Rankine cycle and single-stage evaporation
title_sort analysis of a combined cycle utilizing parabolic trough collector integrated organic rankine cycle and single stage evaporation
topic Parabolic trough collector
Single stage evaporation
Organic Rankine cycle
Fresh water production
Proton exchange membrane electrolysis
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590174525000649
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