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 …

Heat transfer characteristics and optimization strategies in supercritical fluid heat exchangers with non-uniform thermal boundaries: A systematic review

Z Hou, C Yang, H Wang, H Li - International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2024 - Elsevier
The dual optimization of heat transfer and fluid flow constitutes subjects of paramount
interest in heat exchange equipment. Non-uniform thermal boundaries are common 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 …

Numerical investigation on thermal hydraulic performance of hybrid wavy channels in a supercritical CO2 precooler

YG Lv, ZX Wen, Q Li, Y Qiu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heat transfer enhancement within the precooler in supercritical CO 2 Brayton cycles is
challenging due to the dramatic variations of thermophysical properties. The local flow and …

An investigation of the thermo-hydraulic performance of a novel double tube heat exchanger with variable cross-section inner tube for trans-critical CO2 cycle

B Zhu, L Ma, Q Zhang, H Shi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Double tube heat exchangers (DTHE) is one of the most significant components in the trans-
critical CO 2 cycle system, whose performance significantly affects the efficiency and …

Experimental investigation of the effects of transverse vibration on the supercritical CO2 heat transfer characteristics in horizontal tubes

KR Wang, J Chen, R Zhao, WL Cheng - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
It is inevitable for mechanical motion to generate vibration, which may affect fluid heat
transfer. Although some developments on heat transfer in supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO …

Numerical investigation on flow and heat transfer of supercritical CO2 in variable cross-section tubes under precooler working conditions

Q Li, MH Zhang, YL Ouyang, ZX Wen - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of the precooler in the supercritical CO 2 (S-CO 2) Brayton cycle may be
greatly affected by the interactions between the structure and the thermophysical properties …

Heat transfer characteristics of supercritical CO2 in horizontal rectangular microchannels

H Zhang, L Shi, X Wang, R Sun, P Yuan, H Tian… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the micro-channel size effect and thermophysical property variations, the heat
transfer characteristics of S-CO 2 are unclear which are crucial for the design of printed …

Experimental investigation of buoyancy effects on local heat transfer of supercritical pressure CO2 in horizontal semicircular tube

JH Park, JG Kwon, MH Kim, JE Cha, HJ Jo - International Journal of Heat …, 2021 - Elsevier
To estimate the characteristics of local heat transfer in the channel of a printed circuit heat
exchanger (PCHE), a semicircular channel (tube) was manufactured to replicate the channel …

Modeling of local heat transfer on supercritical pressure CO2 in horizontal semicircular tube

JH Park, MH Kim - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
The cross-section of the channel in a printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) has a semicircle
shape. However, a heat transfer model for a semicircular channel (tube) containing …