A review on application and heat transfer enhancement of supercritical CO2 in low-grade heat conversion

S Zhang, X Xu, C Liu, C Dang - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Trans-critical CO 2 Rankine system is a new technology for low-grade heat utilization which
has high energy conversion efficiency and exergo-economic efficiency. The gas heater is …

Physics-informed machine learning based RANS turbulence modeling convection heat transfer of supercritical pressure fluid

Y Cao, R Xu, P Jiang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
Solving flow problems based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations is a
dominant method in terms of efficiency and accuracy for design and analysis of engineering …

A comparative study on abnormal heat transfer of supercritical CO2 heated in vertical tubes

Y Jiao, Y Zeng, X Liu, G Li, C He, L Liu, P Li… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
The heat transfer characteristics of supercritical CO 2 heated in vertical smooth tube are
experimentally and numerically investigated. The results show that the M-shaped velocity …

Experimental and numerical comparison of the heat transfer behaviors and buoyancy effects of supercritical CO2 in various heating tubes

S Zhang, X Xu, C Liu, X Liu, Z Ru, C Dang - International Journal of Heat …, 2020 - Elsevier
For the different flow orientations and physical models, the influence of buoyancy effect on
flow characteristics exist essential difference, the heat transfer behaviors change …

Direct numerical simulation of convective heat transfer of supercritical pressure in a vertical tube with buoyancy and thermal acceleration effects

YL Cao, RN Xu, JJ Yan, S He, PX Jiang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
Supercritical pressure fluids are widely used in heat transfer and energy systems. The
benefit of high heat transfer performance and the successful avoidance of phase change …

Turbulence in a heated pipe at supercritical pressure

J He, R Tian, PX Jiang, S He - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
The purpose of this research is to provide a new understanding of the turbulence dynamics
in a heated flow of fluid at supercritical pressure. A unified explanation has been established …

Structure of the thermal boundary layer in turbulent channel flows at transcritical conditions

J Guo, XIA Yang, M Ihme - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Enhanced fluctuations, steep gradients, and intensified heat transfer are characteristics of
wall-bounded turbulence at transcritical conditions. Although such conditions are prevalent …

Direct numerical simulations of cooling flow and heat transfer in supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle coupled with solar energy

D Wu, M Wei, J He, S He, R Tian - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Direct numerical simulation was used to study supercritical carbon dioxide's flow and heat
transfer mechanisms under cooling conditions in the supercritical CO 2 Brayton Cycle …

Experimental investigation and theoretical analysis on the heat transfer deterioration of supercritical CO2 in mixed and forced convection in vertical-straight tube with …

S Zhang, X Xu, C Liu, X Li, C Wu, C Dang - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
The heat transfer deterioration of supercritical fluids in vertical-upward flow has been
extensive studied since 1930s. However, few studies focused on the heat transfer …

Buoyancy induced turbulence modulation in pipe flow at supercritical pressure under cooling conditions

S Pandey, X Chu, E Laurien, B Weigand - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A numerical investigation of cooling of a fluid at supercritical pressure has been performed
by means of direct numerical simulations. The simulations were conducted with a uniform …