RWE SCHOTT Solar have recently introduced the SunRoof◐ FS, a freestanding solar electric system for flat-roof commercial and public buildings. The new system allows users to maintain the integrity of their roofs by eliminating roof penetrations while providing an economical means of generating electricity. The system’s lightweight mounting structure (less than 4 lbs per square foot) is comprised of rugged materials and a stainless steel base that will withstand UV radiation and high temperatures as well as high winds or earthquakes. The SunRoof◐ FS system’s solar arrays are tilted to provide better power generation with maximum cooling and drainage. The open-air structure of the system allows for air circulation and cooling beneath the modules and easy access for inspection and roof maintenance. The SunRoof FS has a 5-degree tilt angle, even on flat rooftops, which improves system performance, generating up to 4% more energy than a flat array. It also has increased output due to cooler operating temperatures. The systems are available in standard 30, 45, and 100 kW sizes and can be customized to meet any energy requirements. RWE has secured a provisional patent for the SunRoof FS design, and has full patent applications for the FS design pending before US, European, and Japanese patent authorities.This is a short news story only. Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy news. 相似文献
The rotary regenerator (heat wheel) is an important heat recovery equipment, which rotates between two cold and hot streams. The pressure drop and effectiveness of rotary regenerator are important parameters in optimal design of this equipment for industrial applications. For optimal design of such a system, it was thermally modeled using -NTU method to estimate its pressure drop and effectiveness. Frontal area, ratio of hot to cold frontal heat transfer area, matrix thickness, matrix rotational speed, matrix rod diameter and porosity were considered as design parameters. Then fast and elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) method was applied to find the optimum values of design parameters. In the presented optimal design approach, the effectiveness and the total pressure drop are two objective functions. The results of optimal designs were a set of multiple optimum solutions, called ‘Pareto optimal solutions’. The sensitivity analysis of change in optimum effectiveness and pressure drop with change in design parameters of the regenerator was also performed and the results are reported. 相似文献
Continuous gas injection (CGI) in the conventional horizontal flooding patterns leads to severe gravity segregation and poor reservoir contact (sweep) volumes. To improve the sweep efficiency, the Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) process has been widely practiced in the industry. However, the WAG process has not measured up to expectations, as evidenced by the low recoveries observed in several field cases.
The Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage (GAGD) process is designed and practiced based on gravity drainage idea and uses the advantage of density difference between injected gas and reservoir oil to overcome the drawbacks of the WAG process.
In this study, a comparison of enhanced heavy-oil recovery by three methods (CGI, WAG, and GAGD) is conducted by a commercial numerical simulator in a sector model of an Iranian offshore field. For this purpose, different production scenarios are designed. Moreover, the effect of several parameters such as injection fluid (CO2, hydrocarbon gas), in situ oil viscosity (heavy or extremely heavy oil), rate and volume of injection, and also three different WAG ratios are studied.
The results show that the GAGD method is not suitable for this field as the thickness of pay zone is low for vertical sweep efficiency and causes early breakthrough of injected gas. Also, CGI leads to lower recoveries compared to the WAG process, due to its unfavorable mobility ratio. Injection of CO2 instead of hydrocarbon gas results in higher sweep efficiency because of its viscosity reduction and swelling effects. In case of extremely heavy-oil recovery, with decreasing well spacing, the oil recovery factor increases as the drainage radius of wells reduces substantially due to high-viscosity oil. 相似文献
Synthesis or creation of a new process system may be one of the most attractive work for engineers. At present we are requested to propose new systems to develop a sustainable society and to keep the globe clean. For creation of ideas, some jump mechanism in brain is required, since there is no explicit algorithm for it.The contents of this paper are based on my experiences. First, the basic mechanism of human brain is discussed. Then three phases of process system synthesis are discussed in analogy to the architectural design of our own house. New thermodynamic approaches are developed for these three phases of design.