A comprehensive overview of advancements, applications, and impact of supercritical fluid natural circulation loops

SK Rai, P Kumar, M Tiwari, V Panwar, D Kumar… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2025 - Elsevier
Nowadays, many researches are persistently exploring to comprehend the various
characteristic of the supercritical fluid natural circulation loop (SCFNCL) such as use of …

Numerical characterization of heat transfer deterioration in supercritical natural circulation loop and role of loop inclination

T Srivastava, DN Basu - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermalhydraulics of any supercritical natural circulation loop (sNCL) is strongly influenced
by the choice of operating conditions and geometric configurations, and can experience …

Numerical evaluation of static and dynamic stability characteristics of a supercritical CO2-driven natural circulation loop

T Srivastava, DN Basu - The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
The stability characteristics of closed supercritical natural circulation loop has hardly been
explored owing to the mathematical complexity and absence of explicit boundary condition …

Experimental investigations on flow characteristics of two parallel channels in a forced circulation loop with supercritical water

L Zhang, B Cai, Y Weng, H Gu, H Wang, H Li… - Applied Thermal …, 2016 - Elsevier
The instability of supercritical water flow inside two parallel channels is investigated
experimentally in this paper. Two types of instabilities with various oscillation periods occur …

Numerical study of oscillatory flow instability in upward flow of supercritical water in two heated parallel channels

S Li, V Chatoorgoon, SJ Ormiston - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2018 - Elsevier
A 3-D numerical study of turbulent flow of supercritical water flowing upward in two heated
parallel channels with constant applied wall heat flux was developed using a RANS model …

Naturally circulated system under low to moderate heating condition with supercritical fluid: A comprehensive investigation of loop orientation and Ledinegg instability

T Srivastava, AK Gond, DN Basu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Out of the two stability characteristics ie static and dynamics, static instability has hardly
been explored in such systems due to mathematical complexity and absence of explicit …

Dynamic characterization of supercritical natural circulation loop under periodic excitation

T Srivastava, DN Basu - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization of supercritical natural circulation loop under the influence of
periodic power profile has not been explored in open literature, despite the promise of …

Effect of heaving motion on two-phase flow in horizontal channel: flow and heat transfer characteristics

YL Zhou, H Chang - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Experiments were carried out to investigate the effects of vibration frequency (0Hz~ 8Hz)
and amplitude (0 mm~ 8 mm) on gas-liquid two-phase flow characteristics in a channel …

Numerical appraisal of the role of heat transfer regimes on transient response of carbon dioxide based supercritical natural circulation loop during power upsurge

T Srivastava, AK Gond, DN Basu - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Appearance of steep property gradients with change in temperature is a fascinating feature
of any supercritical fluid, which can instigate intricate dynamics in supercritical natural …

Performance evaluation of passive containment cooling system of an advanced PWR using coupled RELAP5/GOTHIC simulation

Z Huang, W Ma - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2016 - Elsevier
Motivated to investigate the thermal–hydraulic characteristics and performance of a passive
containment cooling system (PCS) for a Generation III pressurized water reactor (PWR), a …