Open AccessAnalysis of 100 kW ocean thermal power plant with butene as working fluid
Author(s) -
Burhanuddin Halimi,
R. Y. Atolah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/339/1/012039
Subject(s) - ocean thermal energy conversion , working fluid , environmental science , power (physics) , power station , thermal efficiency , thermal power station , marine engineering , thermal , oceanography , seawater , thermodynamics , waste management , mechanical engineering , engineering , chemistry , physics , geology , organic chemistry , combustion
As one of longest coastlines countries in the world where located in the tropical region, Indonesia has a prestigious potency of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). In this paper, a study on working fluid of power plant generation based OTEC concept will be presented. Currently, ammonia is well known working fluid for OTEC applications. However, in this study it will be verified that the thermal efficiency of the OTEC can be improved significantly by adopting the Butene as the working fluid. Moreover, in term of mass flow rate, it needs only 4.21 kg/s of Butene to generate 100 kW output power.