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Investigation of the thermal-hydraulic characteristics of SCO2 in a modified hybrid airfoil channel

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  • Li, Zhen
  • Lu, Daogang
  • Lin, Manjiao
  • Cao, Qiong

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The performance of printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHE) is critical to ensuring the efficiency and compactness of supercritical carbon dioxide (SCO2) Brayton cycle systems used in advanced nuclear energy. In order to improve the performance of the airfoil fin channel PCHE, the effect of the airfoil fin size on the channel performance is investigated and the effect of the airfoil fin arrangement parameters on the channel performance is analyzed by the Taguchi method. Particularly, a modified hybrid airfoil fin channel adapted to the changes in thermophysical properties of SCO2 is proposed. The results show that the heat transfer characteristics of the PCHE channel are enhanced and the flow characteristics are weakened with the reduction of the airfoil fin size, and the comprehensive performance firstly increases and then decreases. Taking the comprehensive performance of the channel as the optimization objective, the best combination of airfoil fin arrangement parameters is 2 mm for transverse spacing, 10 mm for longitudinal spacing, and 4 mm for staggered spacing. Compared with the traditional airfoil finned channel, the modified hybrid airfoil fin channel has significantly improved the comprehensive performance by 2.8%–13.2 %.

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  • Li, Zhen & Lu, Daogang & Lin, Manjiao & Cao, Qiong, 2024. "Investigation of the thermal-hydraulic characteristics of SCO2 in a modified hybrid airfoil channel," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 308(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:308:y:2024:i:c:s0360544224026124
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132838
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