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Effect of Guide Vane on Pressure Loss and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in U-Shaped Channel

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U-shaped channel is a common unit structure in heat exchanger. The pressure loss and heat transfer characteristics of U-shaped channel have important influence on the comprehensive performance of heat exchanger. In this paper, combined with the thermo-physical property of supercritical CO2 (SCO2), the influence of the guide vanes on the pressure loss and heat transfer characteristics of SCO2 in U-shaped channel was studied numerically. The four different guide vanes included integral guide vane, two-stage symmetric guide vane, two-stage asymmetric guide vane and discrete guide vane. CO2 Real Gas Property file (RGP) was imported into ANSYS CFX commercial software for calculation, and the turbulence model was SST k−ω. At the same time, the influence of different inlet Reynolds numbers and heating conditions of channel wall were also studied.

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Abbreviations

c p :

specific heat capacity at constant pressure/J·kg−1·K−1

f :

loss coefficient

h :

heat transfer coefficient/W·m−2·K−1

Nu :

Nusselt number

P :

pressure/MPa

Pr :

Prandtl number

q :

heat flux/W·m−2

Re :

Reynolds number

T :

temperature/K

t :

time/s

u :

velocity/m·s−1

x, y, z :

Cartesian coordinates/m

λ :

thermal conductivity/W·m−1·K−1

μ :

dynamic viscosity/kg-·m−1·s−1

ρ :

density/kg·m−3

Ω :

turbulence frequency/s−1

b:

bulk fluid

in:

inlet of the geometry

out:

outlet of the geometry

w:

wall

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52076143).

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    Xiaobo Luo, Ze-Nan Yang, Wei Chen & Minking Chyu

  2. Sichuan Gas Turbine Establishment, Aero Engine Corporation of China, Mianyang, 621703, China

    Jianwu Zhang

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Luo, X., Yang, ZN., Zhang, J. et al. Effect of Guide Vane on Pressure Loss and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical CO2 in U-Shaped Channel. J. Therm. Sci. 31, 701–711 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-022-1530-z

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