WO1997001021A1 - Method and apparatus for generating power from low temperature source - Google Patents
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- F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
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- the invention relates to a method and a device for generating power (shaft work and cooling capacity) by utilizing a temperature difference between the cooling capacity of cryogenic liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) and the low-temperature heat in nature.
- the liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) leaving the liquid turboexpander has a temperature of 77K and a pressure of 0.1-0.12MPa. It enters the liquid storage tank for 1 cycle use.
- the flash gas that enters the liquid t tank at the same time as the liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) passes through the refrigeration system 1 1, 1 2, 1 3, 1 4 to be liquefied and returns to the liquid storage tank.
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低温能源产生动力的方法及装置 本发明的领域 Method and device for generating power from low-temperature energy
本发明涉及利用深冷液氮(或液态空气)的冷量与自然界低温热量 之间的温差来产生动力 (轴功和冷量 的方法及装置。 The invention relates to a method and a device for generating power (shaft work and cooling capacity) by utilizing a temperature difference between the cooling capacity of cryogenic liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) and the low-temperature heat in nature.
本发明的背景 Background of the invention
现有产生动力的方法(例如火力发电) , 是通过燃料的燃烧发出的 热量, 使水变成蒸汽, 推动汽轮机作功, 带动发电机发电。 从而实现热 能转变为机械能(轴功) , 然后再转变为电能(或其他动力)的实际过 程。 Existing methods of generating power (such as thermal power generation) use the heat generated by the combustion of fuel to turn water into steam, pushing the turbine to perform work, and driving the generator to generate electricity. In this way, the actual process of converting thermal energy into mechanical energy (shaft work) and then into electrical energy (or other power) is realized.
在产生动力 (例如发电)过程中, 7j蒸汽通过汽轮机作功, 温度急 剧下降, 热量大量消耗, 只有依靠不断提供燃料, 使之燃烧来产生热, 才能保证火力发电的正常运行。 同样在获得低温的冷量过程中, 从系统 取出热量, 需要消耗功, 因此, 冷量的获得应视为动力的消耗。 反之, 冷量的产生, 在一定意义上说, 即为动力的获得。 In the process of generating power (such as power generation), 7j steam works through the turbine, the temperature drops sharply, and a large amount of heat is consumed. Only by continuously supplying fuel and burning it to generate heat can the normal operation of thermal power generation be guaranteed. Also in the process of obtaining low-temperature cooling capacity, removing heat from the system requires work to be consumed. Therefore, the acquisition of cooling capacity should be considered as power consumption. Conversely, the generation of cold energy is, in a sense, the acquisition of power.
本发明概述 Summary of the invention
本发明的目的在于提出一种利用自然界存在的低温热量与深冷液氮 (或液态空气)的冷量之间的温差来产生动力 (轴功和冷量)的方法和 装置, 其中, 深冷液氮(或液态空气)在其连续回路中可循环使用, 以 达到利用自然界低温热能来代替燃料燃烧所产生热能。 本发明的目的可以通过以下措施来达到: 空气加热工质 (液氮或液态 空气),与此同时空气获得冷量; 工质膨胀作功产生动力 (轴功) ; 工质 冷热换位; 工质通过两相透平膨胀机和液体透平膨胀机再次膨胀产生冷 量输出轴功而形成的系统。 该系统包括: The object of the present invention is to propose a method and a device for generating power (shaft work and cooling capacity) by utilizing a temperature difference between the low-temperature heat existing in nature and the cooling capacity of cryogenic liquid nitrogen (or liquid air). Liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) can be recycled in its continuous loop to achieve the use of low-temperature thermal energy in nature to replace the thermal energy generated by fuel combustion. The object of the present invention can be achieved by the following measures: the air heats the working medium (liquid nitrogen or liquid air), and at the same time the air obtains cooling capacity; the working medium expands to generate work (shaft work); the working medium is cold and hot; The working fluid is a system formed by two-phase turboexpander and liquid turboexpander expanding again to generate cold output shaft work. The system includes:
-由加热器、 透平膨胀机、 冷凝-蒸发换热器、 换热器、 冷凝器、 贮液槽、 高压泵、 深冷管路和闪发气制冷系统等构成一个连续回路; -A continuous loop consisting of heaters, turbine expanders, condensation-evaporation heat exchangers, heat exchangers, condensers, liquid storage tanks, high-pressure pumps, cryogenic pipelines and flash gas refrigeration systems;
-深冷液氮(或液态空气)在所述回路中循环; -Cryogenic liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) circulates in the circuit;
-以自然界的空气为热源, 通过加热器对冷氮气(或冷空气)进行 加热, 使之获得能量, 工质通过冷热换位, 气体透平膨胀机, 两相透平 膨胀机, 液体透平膨胀机对外作功产生轴功并获得冷量而液化, 供循环 使用; -Using natural air as a heat source, cold nitrogen (or cold air) is heated by a heater to obtain energy, and the working fluid is transposed by cold and heat, gas turbine expander, two-phase turbine expander, liquid turbine The flat expander generates external shaft work and obtains cold energy and liquefies it for circulation use;
-进人贮液槽的闪发气通过制冷系统使之液化返回贮液槽。 -Flash gas entering the liquid storage tank is liquefied by the refrigeration system and returned to the liquid storage tank.
附图简述 Brief description of the drawings
图 1是本发明所用的系统原理图。 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system used in the present invention.
本发明的实施途径 Implementation method of the present invention
以下结合附图详细说明本发明。 The invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
如图 1所述, 经过净化及干燥装置 19的自然界空气用风机 20通过调 节阀 16将其鼓入加热器 3 , 对来自冷凝 -蒸发换热器 2和换热器 2 2的 高压氮气(或高压空气, 压力 6. 45-7. 45MPa, 温度 190 - 195 K )进行加 热至温度为 2 7 0 - 2 8 0 K , 后将高温高压氮气(或空气)引人气体 透平膨胀机 4, 使其在绝热等熵下膨胀做功, 输出轴功。 与此同时, 通 过加热器 3内的自然界空气被冷却而产生冷量, 可作为各种用途的冷源 使用。 As shown in FIG. 1, the air fan 20 for natural air passing through the purification and drying device 19 blows it into the heater 3 through the regulating valve 16, and applies high-pressure nitrogen gas from the condensation-evaporation heat exchanger 2 and the heat exchanger 22 (or High-pressure air, pressure 6. 45-7. 45 MPa, temperature 190-195 K), heated to a temperature of 2 70-2 8 0 K, and then introduce high temperature and high pressure nitrogen (or air) into the gas turbine expander 4, It is expanded to do work under adiabatic isentropic and output shaft work. At the same time, the natural air in the heater 3 is cooled to generate a cooling capacity, which can be used as a cold source for various purposes. Use.
经绝热等熵膨胀后的氮气 (或空气), 其压力和温度下降(压力 1.8 - 2.2MPa, 温度 185- 195K) , 然后进人冷凝 -蒸发换热器 2, 氮气(或空 气)在来自常压的贮液槽 1且经高压泵 6, 压至 6.5-7.5 MPa的过冷液氮 After the adiabatic isentropic expansion of nitrogen (or air), its pressure and temperature decrease (pressure 1.8-2.2 MPa, temperature 185-195K), and then enter the condensation-evaporation heat exchanger 2, and the nitrogen (or air) Pressured liquid storage tank 1 and high pressure pump 6 to subcooled liquid nitrogen 6.5-7.5 MPa
(或液化空气) 的冷却下(过冷液体被加热后, 送至换热器 2 2和加热 器 3 ) , 部分冷凝成温度为 116K的两相流体, 将其引人两相透平膨胀机(Or liquefied air) under cooling (the supercooled liquid is heated and sent to heat exchanger 2 2 and heater 3), it is partially condensed into a two-phase fluid with a temperature of 116K, which is introduced into a two-phase turboexpander
5 , 工质膨胀输出轴功, 两相流体获得冷量(温度降至 8 4 - 8 6 K, 压力 0.2- G.25MPa) 。 再将上述两相流体引人冷凝器 8, 将其全部冷凝; 其中冷却液系来自贮液槽 1, 经泵 7加压至 0.8- l. OMPa的过冷液氮(或液 态空气) 。 过冷液氮(或液态空气)在冷凝器 8中被加热至 83 - 85 K, 离 幵冷凝器 8后与冷凝液(经泵 1 0和调节阀 2 1 )合并进人液体透平膨 胀机 9 ,.工质在液体透平膨胀机中膨胀输出轴功, 同时获得冷量。 离开 液体透平膨胀机的液氮(或液态空气)温度为 77K, 压力为 0.1 - 0.12MPa, 进入贮液槽 1循环使用。 与液氮(或液态空气) 同时进入液t 槽内的闪发气则通过制冷系统 1 1, 1 2 , 1 3, 1 4使之液化后返回 贮液槽。 5. The working fluid expands the output shaft work, and the two-phase fluid obtains cold capacity (temperature drops to 8 4-86 K, pressure 0.2- G.25MPa). The two-phase fluid is introduced into the condenser 8 to condense all of it; the cooling liquid is from the liquid storage tank 1 and is pressurized to 0.8-l. OMPa of subcooled liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) by the pump 7. Subcooled liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) is heated to 83-85 K in condenser 8, and after leaving condenser 8, it is combined with the condensate (through pump 10 and regulating valve 21) into the liquid turboexpander. 9. The working fluid expands the output shaft work in the liquid turbine expander and obtains the cooling capacity at the same time. The liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) leaving the liquid turboexpander has a temperature of 77K and a pressure of 0.1-0.12MPa. It enters the liquid storage tank for 1 cycle use. The flash gas that enters the liquid t tank at the same time as the liquid nitrogen (or liquid air) passes through the refrigeration system 1 1, 1 2, 1 3, 1 4 to be liquefied and returns to the liquid storage tank.
整个系统都采用较好的低温绝热材料将其与外界环境隔幵, 以保证 系统的良好运行。 The whole system uses better low-temperature insulation materials to isolate it from the external environment to ensure the good operation of the system.
采用本发明的系统流程及装置所表现特征是: 利用自然界空气低温 热量对深冷气氮(或深冷空气)进行加热, 获得能量, 通过透平膨胀机 对外作功产生轴功, 与此同时, 加热空气被冷却而产生冷量。 达到了利 用自然界的低温热量来代替燃料燃烧所获得的热量以产生动力 (轴功和 冷量) 的目的。 工质通过冷热换位, 透平膨胀使之液化, 以达到其循环 使用。 就效果来说, 当气化 IKg/s的液氮时, 扣除系统内部各种功率消 耗, 系统的净输出轴功率约为 2 0 K W, 同时约可产生 IKg/s温度为 2 0 5 K左右的空气冷量, 可作各种用途的冷源。 The characteristics of the system process and the device adopting the invention are: the low-temperature heat of natural air is used to heat the cryogenic gas nitrogen (or cryogenic air) to obtain energy, and the axial work is generated by the turbine expander to perform external work. At the same time, The heated air is cooled to generate cold energy. Achieved the use of low-temperature heat in nature to replace the heat obtained from fuel combustion to generate power (shaft work and The amount of cold). The working fluid is transposed by cold and heat, and the turbine expands to liquefy it to achieve its recycling. In terms of effect, when IKg / s of liquid nitrogen is gasified, after deducting various power consumptions in the system, the net output shaft power of the system is about 20 KW, and at the same time, the temperature of IKg / s is about 20.5 K The amount of air cooling can be used as a cold source for various purposes.
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