Potential prospects of supercritical CO2 power cycles for commercialisation: Applicability, research status, and advancement

MM Ehsan, M Awais, S Lee, S Salehin, Z Guan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The excellent thermo-physical and chemical properties of CO 2 suggest its employment as a
working fluid in power sectors owing to several benefits over the steam cycle. The present …

Integration between supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles and molten salt solar power towers: A review and a comprehensive comparison of different cycle layouts

K Wang, YL He, HH Zhu - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present study, several current S-CO 2 Brayton cycle layouts are reviewed, and
considered to be integrated into the existing mature molten salt solar power tower (SPT) …

Dynamic modeling and validation of the 5 MW small modular supercritical CO2 Brayton-Cycle reactor system

Y Ming, K Liu, F Zhao, H Fang, S Tan, R Tian - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Small nuclear reactor system (SMR) has good development prospect in energy supply
because of its flexible arrangement, wide application, and low cost. Among many small …

Feasibility of dry cooling in supercritical CO2 power cycle in concentrated solar power application: Review and a case study

MM Ehsan, Z Guan, H Gurgenci, A Klimenko - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Past research intensely stressed the application of supercritical CO 2 (sCO 2) in power
cycles for large-scale electricity generation in the near future by adapting decarbonization …

Off-design operation of the dry-cooled supercritical CO2 power cycle

A Lock, V Bone - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The supercritical CO 2 recompression cycle (the 'sCO 2 cycle') is highly efficient, scalable,
simple, and compatible with dry cooling. Two scenarios where dry-cooled sCO 2 cycles may …

A comprehensive thermal assessment of dry cooled supercritical CO2 power cycles

MM Ehsan, S Duniam, J Li, Z Guan, H Gurgenci… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
In arid areas, dry cooling technology is a preferable alternate of wet cooling mainly owing to
the scarcity of abundant water supply. However, the supercritical CO 2 power cycle still …

Modeling and analysis of air-cooled heat exchanger integrated with supercritical carbon dioxide recompression Brayton cycle

S Khatoon, S Ishaque, MH Kim - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the thermal performance of the recompression supercritical carbon
dioxide power cycle integrated with a direct air-cooled heat exchanger. The desirable …

Design and comparison of direct and indirect cooling system for 25 MW solar power plant operated with supercritical CO2 cycle

MM Ehsan, Z Guan, AY Klimenko, X Wang - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A validated MATLAB code is developed to design a dry cooling unit for a 25 MW solar power
plant operated with supercritical CO 2 (sCO 2) Brayton cycle. Both direct and indirect cooling …

Cost comparison of printed circuit heat exchanger to low cost periodic flow regenerator for use as recuperator in a s-CO2 Brayton cycle

JF Hinze, GF Nellis, MH Anderson - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) power cycles have the potential to deliver high
efficiency at low cost. However, in order for an sCO2 cycle to reach high efficiency, highly …

Effect of cooling system design on the performance of the recompression CO2 cycle for concentrated solar power application

MM Ehsan, S Duniam, J Li, Z Guan, H Gurgenci… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The thermal performance of a supercritical CO 2 (sCO 2) recompression cycle is
expressively influenced by main compressor inlet temperature. Design of the cooling system …