Maximization of the power production in LNG cold energy recovery plant via genetic algorithm

Moon Jeong; Eun-Bi Cho; Hun-Soo Byun; Choon-Hyoung Kang

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.38, No.2, 380-385, February, 2021

DOI10.1007/s11814-020-0662-7 Export Citation

Maximization of the power production in LNG cold energy recovery plant via genetic algorithm

Moon Jeong, Eun-Bi Cho¹, Hun-Soo Byun², and Choon-Hyoung Kang^{1, †}

Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyeong University, Yeosu-si, Jeonnam 59720, Korea
¹School of Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
²Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chonnam National University, Yeosu-si, Jeonnam 59626, Korea

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This paper presents an optimization model via genetic algorithm (GA) to maximize the power generation potential of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cold energy recovery plant. LNG releases a large amount of cold energy during vaporization prior to transport for service, and this cold energy can be effectively utilized to generate power using a heat engine. We performed a thermodynamic analysis for a power generation system combining the organic rankine cycle (ORC) driven by LNG exergy and the direct expansion cycle. Both LNG and the working fluid in the combined ORC are light hydrocarbon mixtures, and their physical properties were estimated using the Peng-Robinson equation. We conducted a thorough investigation of the effects that the working fluid composition brought about on the thermal efficiency of the heat engine through an analysis using Aspen HYSYS interfaced with a GA-based Matlab solver. The results showed that optimization of the working fluid composition led to an increase of 58.4% in the performance of the combined ORC in terms of the net work.

Keywords:LNG;Combined ORC;Working Fluid;Aspen HYSYS;Genetic Algorithm

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