Effect of heat transfer on the instabilities and transitions of supercritical CO2 flow in a natural circulation loop

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 4101-4111

  Chen, Lin ^a   Zhang, Xin Rong ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^b   Liu, Zhong Sheng ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow transition; Heat transfer; Instability; Natural convection; Supercritical CO2

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; FLOW STABILITY; FLOW TRANSITION; FLOW TRANSITIONS; FLUID PROPERTY; FLUID TEMPERATURES; HEAT SINK TEMPERATURE; HEAT SOURCES; NATURAL CIRCULATION; NATURAL CIRCULATION LOOP; NORMAL FLUIDS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ONE-DIRECTION FLOW; PSEUDO-CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; REVERSAL FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL CO; SYSTEM CHANGE; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE; TRANSITION HEATS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; TRANSITION FLOW;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 77954536797     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.05.030     Document Type: Article

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