An improved ammonia-power cycle activated by low temperature waste heat is operated under three pressure stages

which consists of two turbines. Since there exists many degrees of freedom for ammonia-water power cycle and they are coupled

once the waste heat and condensation temperature are fixed

the selection range of degrees of freedom like three pressure levels and ammonia mass fraction are confined by the cycle constraints. A graphic aid is proposed to select the optimum cycle with various pairs of waste heat temperature and turbine inlet pressure under fixed condensation temperature. For the typical working condition like waste heat and condensation temperature of 190℃ and 30℃

the optimization results shows that the thermal efficiency of 21.6% is obtained and the corresponding second law efficiency is 62%. The thermal efficiency is increased by around 8% when the temperature of waste heat is from 130℃ to 190℃ under a fixed turbine inlet pressure(3500 kPa). The improved cycle increases the performance compared with Rankine cycle and ORC cycle in low temperature waste heat application (>150℃).