Numerical investigation of cooling heat transfer to supercritical CO 2 in a horizontal circular tube

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-121

  Du, Zhongxuan ^a   Lin, Wensheng ^a   Gu, Anzhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cooling heat transfer; Horizontal circular tube; Numerical simulation; Supercritical CO2

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY EFFECT; CFD CODES; CIRCULAR TUBES; COOLING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT TRANSFER BEHAVIOR; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; KEY ISSUES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PSEUDO-CRITICAL POINTS; SOLUTION METHODS; SUPERCRITICAL CO; TURBULENCE FIELDS; WALL TREATMENT;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; MODELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78049320249     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.05.023     Document Type: Article

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