Supercritical fluids (eg, hydrocarbon fuels, water, carbon dioxide, and organic working
medium, etc) have been recognized as working media to improve thermal efficiencies in …

The knowledge of heat transfer deterioration is of great significance for the application of
supercritical fluids in nuclear reactors, solar power systems, and other industrial fields. In …

Heat transfer deterioration (HTD) problems can undermine the thermal safety of heating
tubes for supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO 2) flows. Relevant experimental evidence is …

Supercritical pseudo-boiling (SPPB) refers to the phenomena that when heat is applied to
supercritical fluid, bubble-like and vapor-film-like features appear and wall temperature …

Supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO 2) power cycles hold great potential applications in
various energy utilization systems, in which the heat transfer of S-CO 2 is one of the most …

In view of heat transfer deterioration (HTD), rough tubes may help improve heat transfer
performance and reduce irreversibility simultaneously. The effects of the tube with cylindrical …

Heat transfer deterioration (HTD) of supercritical fluid is critical to the safe operation of power
systems. Current criteria of HTD have difficulties in the identification of working conditions of …

This work presents a novel design of microchannel central receiver for pressurised gases
and supercritical fluids in solar tower plants. It consists of a radial arrangement of vertical …

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 …

The supercritical CO 2 used as heat transfer fluid (HTF) in solar tower cavity receiver has
higher pressure and operating temperature, and lower investment than traditional heat …