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Applied Thermal Engineering

Volume 143, October 2018, Pages 429-437

Research Paper

Thermodynamic performance evaluation of a novel solar

energy based multigeneration system
Fatih Yilmaz

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Highlights
• A new solar integrated system is investigated for multi-generation.

• Flash desalination unit has been evaluated for fresh water production.

• The energy and exergy efficiencies of system and its sub-system are investigated.

• The study shows that the usage of solar based systems is better for clean energy
and sustainability.

Abstract
The main objective of the study is to assess the thermodynamic performance of a novel
multigeneration system powered by solar energy. The proposed system is designed to produce
clean hydrogen, power, heating–cooling, and freshwater as a multigeneration purpose. The
system under investigation consists of a solar heliostat, a Brayton cycle that is driven by solar

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energy, a Rankine cycle, an organic Rankine cycle, an absorption cooling and heating system, a
flash desalination unit, and a PEM electrolyzer. The fresh water is produced from the seawater
by a flash desalination unit. Parametric studies are also carried out to investigate the effects of
different parameters such as turbine inlet pressure, solar radiation, an isentropic efficiency of
the compressor and reference temperature on system efficiency. The effect of these
parameters on the energy and exergy efficiencies of the whole system and the sub-systems are
examined. Results show that the overall energy and exergy efficiencies of the system are
obtained as 78.93% and 47.56%, respectively. In addition, the hydrogen and fresh water
productions of the proposed system are computed as 0.04663 kg/s and 0.8862 kg/s.

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Keywords
Desalination; Energy; Exergy; Hydrogen; Solar energy

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