Thermal design of printed circuit heat exchanger used for lead-bismuth fast reactor

J Xu, Y Ma, Z Han, Q Wang, T Ma - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) has the potential to replace the traditional heat
exchangers in lead–bismuth fast reactors due to the high compactness. In this work, a …

Heat transfer and flow characteristics of straight-type PCHEs with rectangular channels of different widths

Q Wang, B Xu, X Huang, Q Chen, H Wang - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is considered to be the most promising heat
exchangers in the supercritical CO 2 Brayton cycle. The heat transfer and flow …

Numerical investigation on thermal–hydraulic performance of supercritical LNG in a Zigzag mini-channel of printed circuit heat exchanger

WH Cai, Y Li, Q Li, Y Wang, J Chen - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is receiving wide attention as a new kind of compact
heat exchanger. It is considered as a promising vaporizer in floating liquefied natural gas …

Heat transfer performance of liquid lead–bismuth eutectic and supercritical carbon dioxide in double D-type straight channel

P Xu, T Zhou, Z Fu, S Mao, J Chen, Y Jiang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The printed circuit heat exchanger is currently the most recommended heat exchanger type
for the lead–bismuth eutectic fast reactor coupled Brayton cycle system. Here, the flow and …

Design and experimental validation of a bio-inspired fin microchannel heat sink with superior thermal-hydraulic features

Y Ma, Y Xuan, W Li - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Enhanced heat transfer structures are commonly employed in plate-fin microchannel heat
sinks to improve heat transfer. However, the resultant deterioration in hydraulic performance …

An improved zigzag-type printed circuit heat exchanger for supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles

S Liu, C Gao, M Liu, Y Chen, J Tang, Y Huang… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger (PCHE) is a kind of high performance compact heat
exchanger. In this study, a zigzag-type PCHE with improved flow passage arrangement, ie …

Numerical study on the heat transfer characteristics of a microchannel heat exchanger with liquid lead–bismuth eutectic and supercritical CO2 as working fluids

H Liu, Z Zhang, H Du, T Cong, S Yang - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) is a promising option for fourth-generation
nuclear energy systems, with the supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) Brayton cycle being …

A one-dimensional modelling methodology of printed circuit heat exchangers for steady, off-design and transient feasibility in a supercritical CO2 power block

X Sui, H Russell, H Gurgenci, S Lee, Z Guan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the most widely-used heaters and recuperators in supercritical CO 2 (sCO 2) power
cycles, the Printed Circuit Heat Exchangers (PCHEs) have received considerable interest to …

Theoretical and numerical analysis of conjugate heat transfer for supercritical CO2 flowing in printed circuit heat exchanger

X Wang, W Xu, B Xu, C Xiong, S Guo, Z Chen - The Journal of Supercritical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is often utilized for the supercritical CO 2 (SCO 2)
Brayton cycle. This study proposed a assessed method with the dual effects of temperature …

Thermal hydraulic characteristics of liquid sodium and supercritical CO2 in a diffusion bonded heat exchanger

SR Aakre, NJ Thoreson, MH Anderson - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Compact heat exchangers are being examined for use in advanced, high-temperature
nuclear or concentrated solar power plants to improve thermal efficiencies and reduce …