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Bul. Inst. Polit. Iaşi, t. LVIII (LXII), f. 4, 2012 21<br />

4.4. Thermodynamic Analysis<br />

Thermodynamic analysis is based on a careful numerical simulation<br />

which has been performed with a software developed at DREAM, using as a<br />

main tool the EES, Engineering Equation Solver, of S.A. Klein and A.<br />

Alvarado, Professional version 6.567. The results obtained by exergetic analysis<br />

are presented separately for the plant working with Helium and the plant<br />

working with Nitrogen.<br />

The regasification facility is a CHP (cogeneration system), which has the<br />

aim to produce electric power and heat to regasify LNG. It can be defined a<br />

process efficiency based on the first thermodynamic principle (energetic<br />

efficiency) and a process efficiency based on the second thermodynamic<br />

principle (exergetic efficiency) by two different point of view.<br />

4.4.1. Energetic Efficiency: (a) First definition: The whole facility<br />

(see Fig. 9) can be considered a CHP system producing electric energy and heat.<br />

Then, the input energy is represented by heat furnished in the top cycle burning<br />

natural gas in the top turbine gas generator - CC. The outputs are: electric power<br />

generated in the top and bottom Brayton cycles and heat supplied to LNG which<br />

regasifies in cryogenic regasifiers. This approach allows to define the first<br />

thermodynamic principle energetic efficiency with<br />

η<br />

NHP<br />

Peltop + Pelbottom + Qreg<br />

= .<br />

(6)<br />

Q<br />

NGburned<br />

(b) Second definition: Heat furnished in top cycle, the energy of<br />

cold furnished by LNG to be regasified and the pumping power of LNG stream<br />

in liquid phase, which regasifies at hypercritical pressures, are considered as<br />

input items. As output items they can be considered: the electric power<br />

generated in the top and bottom Brayton cycles and the exergy available in the<br />

NG regasified at a pressure suitable for direct transfer in pipeline network. So, a<br />

COP can be defined as a first thermodynamic principle energetic efficiency<br />

parameter with<br />

COP<br />

CHP<br />

Pel + Pel + Ex<br />

=<br />

Q + Q + W<br />

top bottom NG<br />

NGburned OLNG pLNG<br />

The parameters defined by the relationships of Eqs.(6) and (7) for the<br />

CHP plants analysed are:<br />

ηCHP COPCHP<br />

Working fluid in bottom cycle: Helium 0.69 0.51<br />

Nitrogen 0.72 0.64<br />

4.4.2. Exergetic Efficiency. (a) First definition: This kind of<br />

analysis (second thermodynamic principle) considers the plant as a CHP plant<br />

.<br />

(7)

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