IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v283y2023ics0360544223024350.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

An analytical method for quickly evaluating the performances of refractory alloys in sCO2 Brayton cycle applications

Author

Listed:
  • Yang, Jiaqi
  • Ma, Yuan
  • Wang, Wujun

Abstract

An analytical method has been developed to quickly evaluate structure materials' performances in sCO2 power cycle applications. This analytical method combines a conjugate heat transfer model for a tube with constant heat flux boundary conditions with its corresponding mechanical model to obtain the allowable working fluid temperatures and minimum required wall thickness. Three refractory alloys, Inconel 617, Haynes 230, and SS 253 MA, have been selected for implementing this analytical method by comparing their allowable working fluid temperatures and minimum required wall thicknesses under various boundary conditions. The allowable working fluid temperature has been observed not to change with the external surface temperature of the tube monotonically but with a peak. In general, Nickel based alloys (Inconel 617 and Haynes 230) have better performances than the SS 253 MA, but the difference becomes insignificant for low working fluid temperature and low heat flux applications. Besides, Inconel 617 can offer slightly higher allowable working fluid temperature than Haynes 230 in most work conditions, but the minimum required wall thickness is also significantly larger than that of Haynes 230. In addition, the minimum required wall thickness can be significantly reduced when the allowable working fluid temperature is set slightly lower than its peak value due to the rapid decrease of the maximum allowable stresses at high temperatures, which will be useful in potential techno-economic optimization for heat exchanger designs.

Suggested Citation

  • Yang, Jiaqi & Ma, Yuan & Wang, Wujun, 2023. "An analytical method for quickly evaluating the performances of refractory alloys in sCO2 Brayton cycle applications," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 283(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:283:y:2023:i:c:s0360544223024350
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129041
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544223024350
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2023.129041?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Duniam, Sam & Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan, 2019. "Off-design performance of the supercritical carbon dioxide recompression Brayton cycle with NDDCT cooling for concentrating solar power," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
    2. Gordon Strickert & Sabrina John & Johann Röper & Holger Schulze, 2022. "Anforderung an Hersteller der UAS-Technik," Springer Books, in: Mina Baumgarten & Klaus Hahnenkamp & Steffen Fleßa (ed.), Unbemannte Flugsysteme in der medizinischen Versorgung, chapter 12, pages 107-112, Springer.
    3. Wahl, Andreas & Mertz, Rainer & Laurien, Eckart & Starflinger, Jörg, 2022. "Heat transfer deterioration in vertical sCO2 cooling in 3 mm tube," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 254(PB).
    4. Bennett, Jeffrey A. & Fuhrman, Jay & Brown, Tyler & Andrews, Nathan & Fittro, Roger & Clarens, Andres F., 2019. "Feasibility of Using sCO2 Turbines to Balance Load in Power Grids with a High Deployment of Solar Generation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 181(C), pages 548-560.
    5. Shoukat A. Khan & Muataz A. Atieh & Muammer Koç, 2018. "Micro-Nano Scale Surface Coating for Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer: A Critical Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-30, November.
    6. Wang, Wujun & Fan, Liwu & Laumert, Björn, 2021. "A theoretical heat transfer analysis of different indirectly-irradiated receiver designs for high-temperature concentrating solar power applications," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 1983-1993.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Thanganadar, Dhinesh & Fornarelli, Francesco & Camporeale, Sergio & Asfand, Faisal & Patchigolla, Kumar, 2021. "Off-design and annual performance analysis of supercritical carbon dioxide cycle with thermal storage for CSP application," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 282(PA).
    2. Khan, Shoukat Alim & Bicer, Yusuf & Al-Ghamdi, Sami G. & Koç, Muammer, 2020. "Performance evaluation of self-cooling concentrating photovoltaics systems using nucleate boiling heat transfer," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 1081-1095.
    3. Fan, Gang & Lu, Xiaochen & Chen, Kang & Zhang, Yicen & Han, Zihao & Yu, Haibin & Dai, Yiping, 2022. "Comparative analysis on design and off-design performance of novel cascade CO2 combined cycles for gas turbine waste heat utilization," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 254(PA).
    4. Hesam Moghadasi & Navid Malekian & Hamid Saffari & Amir Mirza Gheitaghy & Guo Qi Zhang, 2020. "Recent Advances in the Critical Heat Flux Amelioration of Pool Boiling Surfaces Using Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Deposition," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-49, August.
    5. Fan, Gang & Du, Yang & Li, Hang & Dai, Yiping, 2021. "Off-design behavior investigation of the combined supercritical CO2 and organic Rankine cycle," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 237(C).
    6. Xu, Zhen & Liu, Xinxin & Xie, Yingchun, 2023. "Off-design performances of a dry-cooled supercritical recompression Brayton cycle using CO2–H2S as working fluid," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 276(C).
    7. Ehsan, M. Monjurul & Guan, Zhiqiang & Gurgenci, Hal & Klimenko, Alexander, 2020. "Feasibility of dry cooling in supercritical CO2 power cycle in concentrated solar power application: Review and a case study," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
    8. Maruoka, Nobuhiro & Tsutsumi, Taichi & Ito, Akihisa & Hayasaka, Miho & Nogami, Hiroshi, 2020. "Heat release characteristics of a latent heat storage heat exchanger by scraping the solidified phase change material layer," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 205(C).
    9. Chen, Jingtan & Ahmad, Shakeel & Cai, Junjie & Liu, Huaqiang & Lau, Kwun Ting & Zhao, Jiyun, 2021. "Latest progress on nanotechnology aided boiling heat transfer enhancement: A review," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 215(PA).
    10. Yang, Jingze & Yang, Zhen & Duan, Yuanyuan, 2022. "A review on integrated design and off-design operation of solar power tower system with S–CO2 Brayton cycle," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 246(C).
    11. Alexander Igolnikov & Pavel Skripov, 2023. "Characteristic Features of Heat Transfer in the Course of Decay of Unstable Binary Mixture," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-15, February.
    12. Kunniyoor, Vijayaraj & Singh, Punit & Nadella, Karthik, 2020. "Value of closed-cycle gas turbines with design assessment," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 269(C).
    13. Yang, Jingze & Yang, Zhen & Duan, Yuanyuan, 2021. "Load matching and techno-economic analysis of CSP plant with S–CO2 Brayton cycle in CSP-PV-wind hybrid system," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 223(C).
    14. Zuo, Hongyan & Tan, Jiqiu & Wei, Kexiang & Huang, Zhonghua & Zhong, Dingqing & Xie, Fuchun, 2021. "Effects of different poses and wind speeds on wind-induced vibration characteristics of a dish solar concentrator system," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 1308-1326.
    15. Zhang, Yuanting & Qiu, Yu & Li, Qing & Henry, Asegun, 2022. "Optical-thermal-mechanical characteristics of an ultra-high-temperature graphite receiver designed for concentrating solar power," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 307(C).
    16. Yang, Jingze & Chi, Hetian & Cheng, Mohan & Dong, Mingqi & Li, Siwu & Yao, Hong, 2023. "Performance analysis of hydrogen supply using curtailed power from a solar-wind-storage power system," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 1005-1019.
    17. Draskic, Marko & Bugeat, Benjamin & Pecnik, Rene, 2024. "The steady behavior of the supercritical carbon dioxide natural circulation loop," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 294(C).
    18. Sleiti, Ahmad K. & Al-Ammari, Wahib A., 2021. "Off-design performance analysis of combined CSP power and direct oxy-combustion supercritical carbon dioxide cycles," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 14-29.
    19. Li, Qingshan & Wang, Chenfang & Wang, Chunmei & Zhou, Taotao & Zhang, Xianwen & Zhang, Yangjun & Zhuge, Weilin & Sun, Li, 2023. "Comparison of organic coolants for boiling cooling of proton exchange membrane fuel cell," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 266(C).
    20. Liang Chen & Xingchen Li & Runfeng Xiao & Kunpeng Lv & Xue Yang & Yu Hou, 2020. "Flow Boiling of Low-Pressure Water in Microchannels of Large Aspect Ratio," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-21, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:283:y:2023:i:c:s0360544223024350. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.