US 12,221,922 B2
Organic rankine cycle (ORC) power generation system utilizing LNG cold energy and dual-fuel marine engine waste heat
Zhen Tian, Shanghai (CN); Wenzhong Gao, Shanghai (CN); Yuan Zhang, Shanghai (CN); and Leping Xu, Shanghai (CN)
Appl. No. 17/045,019
Filed by Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/094302
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/073698, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811180495.5 (CN), filed on Oct. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0247610 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. F02C 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 1/05 (2013.01) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ORC power generation system with a regenerator for utilization of LNG cold energy and industrial waste heat, comprising an LNG regasification circuit, an ORC circuit, and an industrial waste heat circuit; wherein, the ORC circuit utilizes the LNG cold energy released by the LNG regasification circuit via a three-fluid heat exchanger and the regenerator, and the ORC circuit utilizes the industrial waste heat of the industrial waste heat circuit via an evaporator; the ORC circuit comprises an expander, an electric generator, a gas-liquid separator, the regenerator, the three-fluid heat exchanger, a working medium circulation pump, a liquid reservoir and the evaporator, which are connected successively in that order and form a closed cycle; a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor are both installed at an inlet and an outlet of the expander; an exhaust steam of the expander enters the regenerator for precooling and then enters the three-fluid heat exchanger for primary condensation; a working medium that has been primarily condensed is pressurized by the working medium circulation pump and then enters the liquid reservoir; the working medium in turn enters the three-fluid heat exchanger, the regenerator and the evaporator and becomes high-temperature and high-pressure steam, which pushes the expander to drive the generator and thus converting mechanical energy into electricity; a bypass pipe parallel to the expander is set up in the ORC circuit for controlling the mass flow rate of the working medium.