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 …

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 …

A performance recovery coefficient for thermal-hydraulic evaluation of recuperator in supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle

XL Li, GH Tang, YH Fan, DL Yang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Recuperator is an important component in supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle.
However, open literature mainly focused on the performance of recuperator in component …

General and unique issues at multiple scales for supercritical carbon dioxide power system: A review on recent advances

YH Fan, GH Tang, XL Li, DL Yang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Under the background of carbon reduction, the development of efficient power conversion
system has drawn more important attention. The advantages of high efficiency and …

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 a straight channel printed circuit heat exchanger on supercritical CO2 near the critical point with water cooling

JH Park, JG Kwon, TH Kim, MH Kim, JE Cha… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The study presents an experimental examination of heat transfer of straight printed circuit
heat exchanger (PCHE) for a precooler of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) Brayton …

Numerical study on heat transfer behavior of wavy channel supercritical CO2 printed circuit heat exchangers with different amplitude and wavelength parameters

ZX Wen, YG Lv, Q Li, P Zhou - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
Performance enhancement of printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is of great importance
to the thermal efficiency improvement of supercritical CO 2 Brayton cycle. In this paper, the …

Three-dimensional shape optimization of fins in a printed circuit recuperator using S-CO2 as the heat-transfer fluid

K Wang, XY Zhang, ZD Zhang, CH Min - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
Printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHEs) are among the most promising candidates for
recuperators in the S-CO 2 Brayton cycle owing to their high-pressure resistance and high …

Numerical study on the effects of cylindrical roughness on heat transfer performance and entropy generation of supercritical carbon dioxide in vertical tubes

J Chen, R Zhao, YL Nian, WL Cheng - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Optimal combination of converging and diverging minichannels in PCHE as precooler under diverse operating conditions of supercritical CO2

M Khoshvaght-Aliabadi, P Ghodrati, YT Kang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHEs) has been studied extensively
in supercritical CO 2 power cycles. However, no clear analysis has been conducted to …