Design Procedure of Heat Recovery Unit for Combined Heat and Power System

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research is to put together a combined heat and power (CHP) system for the College of Engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette by integrating the solar turbine unit with the Thermax absorption chiller. To achieve this, a heat exchanger is designed using a theoretical methodology called the Bell-Delaware method. This method helped obtain the basic dimensions of the heat exchanger. A general design procedure is developed and some of the design decisions are discussed. Future scope of the work includes constructing the heat exchanger designed in this work and the practical integration of the equipment, to finally setting up a CHP system that would meet the chilling needs of the university.