Eric Dupont wrote:well let us assume that the outside air temperature is 15 ° C and that we have water at 15 ° C, once passed in the engine the water will be at 10 ° C and therefore it will be necessary reheat to 15 ° c in a water and outdoor air radiator.
we can also use all the low temperature heat sources available. geothermal energy, factory rejection, thermal power station, nuclear power and increase the efficiency in design. if the water is at 50 ° C rather than 15 ° C, the energy recovered is increased by 10%.
Ah! So you should still include on your initial process diagram an element that is nevertheless important in any thermodynamic process, the hot spring!
And the consumer auxiliaries, at least one pump which recirculates the recovered water to an exchanger and one which allows it to be injected after reheating to 300bar in the engine.