Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics of Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> in Solar Tower Microchannel Receivers at High Temperature

Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics of Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> in Solar Tower Microchannel Receivers at High Temperature

Using supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> as a heat transfer fluid in microchannel receivers is a promising alternative for tower concentrating solar power plants. In this paper, the heat transfer and flow characteristics of supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> in microchannels at high temp...

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Main Authors:	Xiaoru Zhuang, Haitao Wang, Haoran Lu, Zhi Yang, Hao Guo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:	Energies
Subjects:	supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> heat transfer microchannel solar receiver numerical simulation concentrating solar power
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/18/6445

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