A review on the thermal-hydraulic performance and optimization of printed circuit heat exchangers for supercritical CO2 in advanced nuclear power systems

G Liu, Y Huang, J Wang, R Liu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHEs) are a widely considered candidate for heat
exchangers in the supercritical CO 2 Brayton cycle, which have been proposed to be used in …

Theoretical analysis of a novel PCHE with enhanced rib structures for high-power supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle system based on solar energy

Z Han, J Guo, X Huai - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is one of the most significant components in the
supercritical CO 2 (SCO 2) Brayton cycle system based on concentrated solar power, whose …

Experimental study of thermal-hydraulic performance of a printed circuit heat exchanger with straight channels

S Liu, Y Huang, J Wang, R Liu, J Zang - … journal of heat and mass transfer, 2020 - Elsevier
Experiments have been performed on a printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) with straight
channels to examine its thermal-hydraulics performance. Heat transfer between carbon …

based modeling on the turbulent convection heat transfer of supercritical CO2 in the printed circuit heat exchangers for the supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle

H Li, Y Zhang, L Zhang, M Yao, A Kruizenga… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Experimental and numerical investigations on forced convection heat transfer of supercritical
CO 2 within a semi-circular printed circuit heat exchanger have been performed in the …

Experimental investigation of buoyancy effects on convection heat transfer of supercritical CO2 flow in a horizontal tube

K Tanimizu, R Sadr - Heat and Mass Transfer, 2016 - Springer
The heat transfer characteristics of supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO 2) turbulent flow were
investigated experimentally in a horizontal circular pipe with an inner diameter of 8.7 mm …

Experimental and numerical studies on the thermal-hydraulic performance of a novel airfoil fins printed circuit heat exchanger

Z Han, X Cui, J Guo, H Zhang, J Zhou, K Cheng… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The novel airfoil fins (AFFs) printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) has excellent thermal-
hydraulic performance, while experimental investigations about this PCHE are few. The …

Experimental and numerical investigations on thermal-hydraulic characteristics of supercritical CO2 flows in printed circuit heat exchangers

Z Han, J Guo, J Chen, X Huai - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
In the supercritical CO 2 (SCO 2) Brayton cycle, the pre-cooler is employed to cool SCO 2 to
be near the pseudo-critical point state to minimise compression work and achieve high cycle …

Theoretical and numerical investigation on the fin effectiveness and the fin efficiency of printed circuit heat exchanger with straight channels

S Liu, Y Huang, J Wang - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Theoretical and numerical studies were conducted on the fin effectiveness and the fin
efficiency of printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE). A heat conduction equation for the fins of …

Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Different Discontinuous Fins Used in a Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger for Supercritical CO2

XY Xu, QW Wang, L Li, SV Ekkad… - Numerical Heat Transfer …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, four discontinuous fin configurations in parallel and staggered arrangements
are investigated to classify their effects on the thermal-hydraulic performance of a printed …

Experimental study on small scale printed circuit heat exchanger with zigzag channels

W Chu, X Li, Y Chen, Q Wang, T Ma - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is a promising candidate of coolers used for SCO2
Brayton cycle. The thermal-hydraulic performance of SCO2 in a PCHE depends on the …