Numerical investigation on heat transfer of supercritical CO2 in solar receiver tube in high temperature region

Zhuang Xiao-Ru1; Xu Xin-Hai2; Yang Zhi3; Zhao Yan-Xing4; Yu Peng1

2021-02-05

10.7498/aps.70.20201005

ACTA PHYSICA SINICA   影响因子和分区

1000-3290

Supercritical CO2 can be used as a heat transfer fluid in a solar receiver, especially for a concentrating solar thermal power tower system. Such applications require better understanding of the heat transfer characteristics of supercritical CO2 in the solar receiver tube in a high temperature region. However, most of the existing experimental and numerical studies of the heat transfer characteristics of supercritical CO2 in tubes near the critical temperature region, and the corresponding heat transfer characteristics in the high temperature region are conducted. In this paper, a three-dimensional steady-state numerical simulation with the standard k-epsilon turbulent model is established by using ANSYS FLUENT for the flow and heat transfer of supercritical CO2 in a heated circular tube with an inner diameter of 6 mm and a length of 500 mm in the high temperature region. The effects of the fluid temperature (823-1023 K), the flow direction (horizontal, downward and upward), the pressure (7.5-9 MPa), the mass flux (200-500 kg.m(-2).s(-1)) and the heat flux (100-800 kW.m(-2)) on the convection heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number are discussed. The results show that the convection heat transfer coefficient increases while Nusselt number decreases nearly linearly with fluid temperature increasing. Both fluid direction and pressure have negligible effects on the convection heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number. Moreover, the convective heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number are enhanced greatly with the increasing of mass flux and the decreasing of heat flux, which is more obvious at a higher heat flux. The influences of buoyancy and flow acceleration on the heat transfer characteristics are also investigated. The buoyancy effect can be ignored within the present parameter range. However, the flow acceleration induced by the high heat flux significantly deteriorates the heat transfer preformation. Moreover, eight heat transfer correlations of supercritical fluid in tubes are evaluated and compared with the present numerical data. The comparison indicates that the correlations based on the thermal property modification show better performance in the heat transfer prediction in the high temperature region than those based on the dimensionless number modification. And Nusselt number predicted by the best correlation has a mean absolute relative deviation of 8.1% compared with the present numerical results, with all predicted data points located in the deviation bandwidth of +/- 20%. The present work can provide a theoretical guidance for the optimal design and safe operation of concentrating solar receivers where supercritical CO2 is used as a heat transfer fluid.

supercritical CO2 heat transfer solar receiver tube numerical simulation

SCI ; EI

中文

第一 ; 通讯

National Natural Science Foundation of China[51706048] ; CAS Key Laboratory of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry[CRYO202002]

Physics

Physics, Multidisciplinary

WOS:000616120300019

CHINESE PHYSICAL SOC

20210609894520

Buoyancy ; Carbon dioxide ; Effluent treatment ; Heat convection ; Heat flux ; Heat transfer coefficients ; High temperature applications ; Nusselt number ; Solar equipment ; Supercritical fluids ; Temperature ; Tubes (components)

Industrial Wastes Treatment and Disposal:452.4 ; Pipe, Piping and Pipelines:619.1 ; Thermodynamics:641.1 ; Heat Transfer:641.2 ; Solar Energy and Phenomena:657.1 ; Inorganic Compounds:804.2 ; Physical Properties of Gases, Liquids and Solids:931.2

PHYSICS

Web of Science

1.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
2.Harbin Inst Technol Shenzhen, Sch Mech Engn & Automat, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
3.Guangdong Univ Technol, Sch Mat & Energy, Guangzhou 510006, Peoples R China
4.Chinese Acad Sci, Tech Inst Phys & Chem, CAS Key Lab Cryogen, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China

Zhuang Xiao-Ru,Xu Xin-Hai,Yang Zhi,et al. Numerical investigation on heat transfer of supercritical CO2 in solar receiver tube in high temperature region[J]. ACTA PHYSICA SINICA,2021,70(3).

Zhuang Xiao-Ru,Xu Xin-Hai,Yang Zhi,Zhao Yan-Xing,&Yu Peng.(2021).Numerical investigation on heat transfer of supercritical CO2 in solar receiver tube in high temperature region.ACTA PHYSICA SINICA,70(3).

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