Associated and non-associated hydrocarbon gases are being flared from most oil/gas fields in Nigeria. Waste heat fro the flaring process can be of economic importance to the nation. We are carrying out a research on how to recover the heat with Rankine Cycle Process. We need the package that can be applied with field data.
The following literature may be useful for your research
Abstract; On renewable energy installations such as biogas-, landfill gas- and bio oil engines and even at all kinds of industrial plants lots of waste heat is dissipated into the atmosphere. On the other hand, there is a proven, commercially available technology to convert it (partially) into electricity. This is the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), used since several decades within f.i. geothermal plants. Applications of the same technology for waste heat recovery are ratherpremature. To transfer this technology to such applications, practical research in collaboration with
industry was performed with as output : technology review (used working fluids to replace water/steam, expander types...), a market overview, view on technical and economical feasibility, simulation models, comparison between the steam cycle and ORC and selection criteria, industrial case studies (landfill- and biogas engines, steel, glass, paper, automobile, chemical, clay, water cleaning....industry).
As a conclusion, ORC-projects were found being very attractive on renewable energyapplications with the help of green power certificates. On non renewable industrial cases,economic feasibility strongly depends from integration costs and electricity prices.
Ref;Turn waste heat into electricity by using an Organic Rankine Cycle
BrunoVanslambrouck1,, Ignace Vankeirsbilck1,, Sergei Gusev1,, Michel De Paepe2
2nd European Conference on Polygeneration – 30th March-1st April, 2011–
Tarragona, Spain
six6.region-stuttgart.de/sixcms/.../ABS-39-Bruno-Vanslambrouck.pdf
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