NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION ON MITIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER DETERIORATION OF SUPERCRITICAL CO2FLOW BY INTRODUCING MULTIPLE TURBULATORS ALONG HELICES IN A CIRCULAR TUBE

Hangfei Duan, Gongnan Xie, Yuan Ma, Shulei Li

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Abstract

In order to effectively alleviate the heat transfer deterioration phenomenon of supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) in a vertical circular tube, explores the fluid hydraulic and thermal performance of multiple turbulator distributed along helices through a verified standard k-ω model. The effects of the pitch and the height of turbulators on flow characteristic and heat transfer are observed and analyzed in detail. With the increase of the height of turbulators, the heat transfer coefficient increases significantly. Besides, as the pitch decreases, the fluid re-circulation area behind each turbulator decreases, resulting in stronger mixing of swirling flow, which enhances turbulent kinetic energy of downstream fluid and weakens buoyancy force, thus mitigating heat transfer deterioration. The present results suggest that introducing multiple turbulators distributed along helices into circular tube can be a beneficial way to alleviate heat transfer deterioration and to enhance heat transfer of supercritical CO2 flow.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSupercritical CO2
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791886083
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventASME Turbo Expo 2022: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2022 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 13 Jun 202217 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo
Volume9

Conference

ConferenceASME Turbo Expo 2022: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2022
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityRotterdam
Period13/06/2217/06/22

Keywords

  • Heat transfer deterioration
  • Multiple turbulator
  • Supercritical CO
  • Turbulence

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