The thermoeconomic optimization of a high temperature Kalina cycle for concentrating solar power plants by Dr. Anish Modi

Location and Date: 
Thursday, September 15, 2016, 4:00 pm, LT 104
Abstract:
  The Kalina cycle was proposed about three decades ago as an alternative to the
steam Rankine cycle for recovering waste heat from the exhaust of a gas turbine.
It uses a mixture of ammonia and water as the cycle working fluid. The
presentation focuses on the thermoeconomic optimization of a high temperature
Kalina cycle for concentrating solar power plants. The power cycle will be briefly
explained, followed by the presentation of the thermoeconomic optimization
methodology including the thermodynamic design, the part-load performance, and the
economic analysis models. In the end, some key results and conclusions from the
analysis will be presented  

Bio-sketch:
A mechanical engineer by background, Anish Modi received his PhD from Technical
University of Denmark and is currently employed as a Postdoc there. He has a
master’s in sustainable energy systems from Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
with a thesis on the heat transfer modelling of thermocline thermal energy storage
systems for concentrating solar power plants conducted at Polytechnic University of
Catalonia, Spain. He received his bachelor’s degree from Malaviya National
Institute of Technology, Jaipur with a thesis on solar photovoltaic refrigeration 

systems.