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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 84, 2023 - Issue 3
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Research Articles

The impact of the pseudo-boiling on the thermal behaviors of supercritical CO2

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Pages 238-251 | Received 25 Apr 2022, Accepted 18 Jul 2022, Published online: 03 Aug 2022
 

Abstract

Based on the comparative analysis of different turbulence models, the SST kω model is selected in the present study to simulate the flow of supercritical CO2(SCO2) in horizontal straight tubes. First of all, the rationality and correctness of the numerical simulation is verified by experimental data. Secondly, to deeply investigate the effect of pseudo-boiling point on the convective heat transfer of SCO2, the ideal gas model without peak specific heat and the actual model are established. The results show that the ideal gas model can increase the wall temperature at top generatrix for the outlet area of the heating section, reduce its heat transfer coefficient, and weaken the effect of SCO2 absorbing heat from top generatrix. The pseudo-boiling point has a significant influence on density distribution but almost no effect on the velocity field. In addition, the pseudo-boiling point also affects buoyancy, which increases buoyancy near the outlet area of the heating section and reduces heat transfer effect. The research results can not only be used as a theoretical reference for heating device optimization and stability, but also provide new perspectives on the fundamental theories of research on various supercritical fluids.

Disclosure statement

We declare that we have no financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that can inappropriately influence our work, there is no professional or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in this paper.

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Funding

This work was supported by Guizhou Science and Technology Plan Project (No. [2020]1Y237), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (52066004).

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