No abstract

This research article deals with the employment of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) to generate electricity from a set of low-temperature abandoned gas wells in Iran. At first, a thermodynamic analysis was performed to select an appropriate power cycle; consequently organic Rankine cycle was chosen. Then, a comprehensive investigation was carried out to find a typical low-temperature abandoned gas reservoir, so an abandoned gas reservoir in the central part of Iran was considered. The next step was selecting the working fluid; in this regard, a vast range of common organic fluids were studied and R125 was chosen. Finally, the gas well and the power plant were simulated, and then a parametric optimization of the ORC plant was performed in order to achieve optimum power generation, and also to compute generated power at different operational parameters of gas wells and power cycle.

In Spot Heating, a small area of a metal part surface is heated quickly with a gas torch, laser beam, or induction coil to a temperature below the phase change temperature and then cools down. The heated area undergoes compressive plastic strain and the part gets deformed. This method is usually applied as trial and error for straightening shafts, bridge components, ship structures, etc. The conventional straightening mechanism in industries involves creating thermal gradient mechanism (TGM) and shortening. Many studies have been conducted for bending of thin pipes (at a maximum thickness of 2 mm) with the induction of “shortening” by laser. Spot Heating, despite its simplicity, results in very small deformations. The present study aims to increase the deformation in the Spot Heating method so as to extend its use in pipe straightening. To meet this goal, the shortening mechanism is developed through a thick pipe wall by optimizing the heating parameters. CFD analysis of flame flow is carried out to determine the heat flux distribution over the pipe surface. Also, the finite element method and optimization are used to analyze and raise the pipe deformation mechanism. The results indicate a considerable increase in the pipe bending which reduces the stages necessary for the pipe straightening in industries. Furthermore, the appropriate distance for combining the hot spots is also obtained. To evaluate the results, the Spot Heating test is performed, showing appropriate agreement with the simulation results.

No abstract

No abstract