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Frontiers in Energy >> 2016, Volume 10, Issue 3 doi: 10.1007/s11708-016-0397-7

A review of cryogenic power generation cycles with liquefied natural gas cold energy utilization

. Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.. College of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China

Accepted: 2016-01-25 Available online: 2016-09-07
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Liquefied natural gas (LNG), an increasingly widely applied clean fuel, releases a large number of cold energy in its regasification process. In the present paper, the existing power generation cycles utilizing LNG cold energy are introduced and summarized. The direction of cycle improvement can be divided into the key factors affecting basic power generation cycles and the structural enhancement of cycles utilizing LNG cold energy. The former includes the effects of LNG-side parameters, working fluids, and inlet and outlet thermodynamic parameters of equipment, while the latter is based on Rankine cycle, Brayton cycle, Kalina cycle and their compound cycles. In the present paper, the diversities of cryogenic power generation cycles utilizing LNG cold energy are discussed and analyzed. It is pointed out that further researches should focus on the selection and component matching of organic mixed working fluids and the combination of process simulation and experimental investigation, etc.

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