Insight into a fluid-to-fluid similarity theory for heat transfer at supercritical pressure: Results and perspectives

Kassem, Sara; Pucciarelli, Andrea; Ambrosini, Walter

doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.120813

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“…In this study, they employed three different fluids ( normalCO 2, normalH 2, and water), different inlet and outlet K-factors, vertical loop heights, heated lengths and various inlet temperatures. Kassem et al 28 developed a fluid to fluid similarity theory to analyze the heat transfer behavior of water, normalCO 2, ammonia and R23 at supercritical pressure condition. In this article, the experimental results performed with dimensional quantities showed a similar trend for all the fluids 29,30 .…”

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Steady-state and nonlinear stability analysis for the feasibility of different fluids in a supercritical natural circulation loop

Raghuvanshi

Dutta

Panda

2021

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E:

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A numerical model for a supercritical natural circulation loop is developed to examine the flow instabilities by nonlinear stability analysis. The supercritical natural circulation loop is a loop geometry, which is driven by natural circulation with supercritical fluids as a coolant. A mathematical formulation is developed to study the steady-state and transient solution procedure for supercritical natural circulation loop. This mathematical model is then used to perform various parametric studies with different supercritical fluids (water, [Formula: see text], R134a, ammonia, R22, propane, and isobutane). The behavior of all the fluids is analyzed on identical geometrical and operating conditions. A comprehensive numerical study of the nonlinear stability analysis is presented with particular emphasis on the feasibility of various fluids in a natural circulation loop environment. The 50% increment in loop diameter and height increased the stable operating zones and shifted the marginal stability boundary upward respectively by approximately three times and 25–40% of the previous value. However, further increase in diameter and height reduces the increment of stable operating zones; hence the marginal stability boundary shifts upward marginally than the previous value. Furthermore, the marginal stability boundaries are generated to identify the stable and unstable zones for the available geometrical and operating conditions.

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