Wenzhong Gao

Zhen Tian

Leping Xu

The present invention disclosed an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power generation system utilizing LNG cold energy and dual-fuel marine engine waste heat. The ORC power generation system has a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) loop, one or more ORC loop, and one or more waste heat recovery (WHR) loop. The LNG loop works as a heat sink, which provides cold energy for working medium condensation. The WHR loop, utilizing the waste heat from main engine jacket cooling water and engine exhaust gas, provides heat for working medium evaporation. The ORC loop may have a pump, a three-fluid heat exchanger, an expander, a power generator, a regenerator, a liquid-vapor separator, a liquid reservoir, a regulating valve, and an evaporator. A regenerator is arranged within the ORC loop between the expander and the three-fluid heat exchanger. The ORC loop may have one or more evaporator, which may recover the waste heat from main engine jacket cooling water and engine exhaust gas. The ORC loop utilizes the cold energy release by the LNG loop via the three-fluid heat exchanger. A bypass is set up in the ORC loop to adjust the working medium flow rate via the expander. The ORC power generation system converts LNG cold energy and waste heat to electricity.

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