Table 8 Energy and exergy analysis of supercritical carbon dioxide split cycle.

From: 4E analysis of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) cycles: evaluating energy, exergy, environmental sustainability, and economic impacts in combined systems

Component

Simple cycle

Recuperator cycle

Split cycle

 

Depletion number(DP)

Sustainability index(SI)

Depletion number(DP)

Sustainability Index(SI)

Depletion Number(DP)

Sustainability Index(SI)

Turbine

0.053

18.870

0.053

18.870

0.053

18.870

Pump

0.179

5.590

0.179

5.590

0.179

5.590

Recuperator

0.720

1.390

0.286

3.500

Condenser

0.855

1.170

0.835

1.200

0.756

1.320

HRSG-1

0.551

1.810

0.499

2.000

0.164

6.100

HRSG-2

0.625

1.600

sCO2 Cycles

0.520

1.920

0.479

2.090

0.362

2.760