Exergoeconomic investigation and multi-objective optimization of different ORC configurations for waste heat recovery: A comparative study

Abstract This paper compares four different architectures of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) namely the Basic ORC, Recuperative ORC, Regenerative ORC, and Recuperative-Regenerative ORC (RR-ORC) from the exergoeconomy viewpoint. First, a parametric analysis is performed to understand the effect of evaporator temperature, condenser temperature, and pinch point temperature difference on the performance of each system configuration. Next, a multi-objective optimization is performed to optimize the performance of the four configurations using Pareto Envelope-based Selection Algorithm-II (PESA-II) with exergy efficiency and the system cost rate as the objective functions. Pareto fronts, representing the set of optimal solutions, are obtained for each configuration, and multi-criteria decision analysis is done using the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) to select the best optimal solution. Next, the exergetic and exergoeconomic performance of the four ORC configurations is evaluated at their corresponding optimal conditions in order to provide a comparative assessment. It was found that, under optimal conditions, the RR-ORC performs superiorly to the other three configurations. Compared to the Basic ORC, the net power and exergy efficiency of the RR-ORC are 16.19% and 15.33% higher, while the system cost rate is 1.68 % low. After, the RR-ORC, the Regenerative, and the Recuperative ORCs are the second and the third-best configurations. It was also found that in all four configurations, the cost rate of exergy loss accounts for approximately 60 % of the total system cost rate.

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