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Design And Characterization Of A High Pressure Flow Loop For Heat Transfer Experiments Of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Joseph Sauerbrun
Design And Characterization Of A High Pressure Flow Loop For Heat Transfer Experiments Of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Joseph Sauerbrun
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Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) sees heightened heat transfer characteristics near its critical point due to its drastically changing thermophysical properties. Conventional single phase heat transfer theory was not developed to capture this nonlinear variation in properties and cannot predict the heat transfer characteristics of sCO2 to a practical level useful for design. To delve deeper into the behavior near the critical point and shed light on this crucial phenomenon, a state-of-the-art closed flow loop was developed. This setup enabled convective heat transfer experiments of sCO2 under diverse boundary conditions and test section geometries. Key components of the loop include the …