Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
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Abstract

On Energy Reconciliation Diagnose and Their Malfunction: A Proposal of Routes Corrections, Case of Study: Geothermal Power Cycle

Alejandro Zaleta-Aguilar, Alberto Aurelio Ramirez-Olais, Pablo Barral and Eduardo Leon

In actual energy process in operation, the appearance of Malfunctions that affect the performance and efficiency of the system must be taken care of and evaluated. Previously, in this article, a method to evaluate Malfunctions in energy processes in operation has been presented/described. This method Consists of an evaluation of the current test state (AS) of an energy process and a comparison to a guaranteed reference state (on/off design) (RS), reconciling malfunction by malfunction from the AS to the RS. Moreover, derived from different observations of the scientific community related to the path of reconciliation and order to assess malfunctions. In this article, these are answered and an analysis is made comparative of the reconciliation to fixed demand of power and to fixed load of mass flow and it is possible to make a comparative of different models of reconciliation. Finally the route of correction of Malfunctions is proposed, based on the most habitual practice in the energetic processes, to be implemented in the energy diagnosis reconciliation models in general. The analysis and results are developed for a Rankine organic geothermal steam cycle.