State-of-the-art on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Various Channels

Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is being used in many engineering applications due to the fact that, at supercritical stage, it has unique thermal properties with enhanced heat transfer and flow characteristics. The main purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the published studies...

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Main Authors: Rao, N. Thiwaan, A. N., Oumer, Ummu Kulthum, Jamaludin
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5304/1/State-of-the-art%20on%20Flow%20and%20Heat%20Transfer%20Characteristics%20of%20Supercritical%20CO2%20in%20Various%20Channels.pdf
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author Rao, N. Thiwaan
A. N., Oumer
Ummu Kulthum, Jamaludin
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A. N., Oumer
Ummu Kulthum, Jamaludin
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description Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is being used in many engineering applications due to the fact that, at supercritical stage, it has unique thermal properties with enhanced heat transfer and flow characteristics. The main purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the published studies that are relevant to the flow behavior and heat transfer characteristics of scCO2. The review of available works display that the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of heat exchangers using scCO2 as working fluid rely on many parameters such as tube shape and size, mass flux, inlet temperature and pressure, type of process (heating or cooling) etc. Moreover, application of scCO2 in cooling and heating processes and the available empirical correlations for heat transfer are also discussed. Overall it is observed that as the inlet pressure increases, the density and viscosity increases. Thus, when the temperature is higher than the critical temperature the pressure drop decreases with increasing inlet pressure. On the other hand, in heating, the heat transfer rate (View the MathML sourceQ˙) of scCO2 decreases as the inlet temperature increases above the critical temperature for all supercritical pressures. In cooling, View the MathML sourceQ˙ of scCO2 reaches peak value at near critical pressure and decreases as the inlet pressure increases. This review paper can provide information for further investigations on scCO2.
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spelling UMPir53042018-11-30T02:01:12Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5304/ State-of-the-art on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Various Channels Rao, N. Thiwaan A. N., Oumer Ummu Kulthum, Jamaludin TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is being used in many engineering applications due to the fact that, at supercritical stage, it has unique thermal properties with enhanced heat transfer and flow characteristics. The main purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the published studies that are relevant to the flow behavior and heat transfer characteristics of scCO2. The review of available works display that the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of heat exchangers using scCO2 as working fluid rely on many parameters such as tube shape and size, mass flux, inlet temperature and pressure, type of process (heating or cooling) etc. Moreover, application of scCO2 in cooling and heating processes and the available empirical correlations for heat transfer are also discussed. Overall it is observed that as the inlet pressure increases, the density and viscosity increases. Thus, when the temperature is higher than the critical temperature the pressure drop decreases with increasing inlet pressure. On the other hand, in heating, the heat transfer rate (View the MathML sourceQ˙) of scCO2 decreases as the inlet temperature increases above the critical temperature for all supercritical pressures. In cooling, View the MathML sourceQ˙ of scCO2 reaches peak value at near critical pressure and decreases as the inlet pressure increases. This review paper can provide information for further investigations on scCO2. Elsevier 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5304/1/State-of-the-art%20on%20Flow%20and%20Heat%20Transfer%20Characteristics%20of%20Supercritical%20CO2%20in%20Various%20Channels.pdf Rao, N. Thiwaan and A. N., Oumer and Ummu Kulthum, Jamaludin (2016) State-of-the-art on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Various Channels. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 116. pp. 132-147. ISSN 0896-8446. (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2016.05.028 doi: 10.1016/j.supflu.2016.05.028
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State-of-the-art on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Various Channels
title State-of-the-art on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Various Channels
title_full State-of-the-art on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Various Channels
title_fullStr State-of-the-art on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Various Channels
title_full_unstemmed State-of-the-art on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Various Channels
title_short State-of-the-art on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in Various Channels
title_sort state of the art on flow and heat transfer characteristics of supercritical co2 in various channels
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5304/1/State-of-the-art%20on%20Flow%20and%20Heat%20Transfer%20Characteristics%20of%20Supercritical%20CO2%20in%20Various%20Channels.pdf
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