期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
卷 195, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.123197
关键词
sCO(2); PTC; coupling effect; Heat transfer; Nonuniform heat flux
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [520 060 09, 52176011, SKLD20KM01]
- State Key Laboratory of Power System and Generation Equipment and Beijing Institute of Technology Research Fund Program for Young Scholars
This study numerically simulated the heat transfer under non-uniform heat flux in a parabolic-trough collector, with a focus on the coupling effect of heat flux distribution, property variations, and buoyancy effect. The results showed that non-uniform heat flux reduced the overall heat transfer rate, and the buoyancy effect improved the heat transfer rate. The analysis also revealed that the circumferential non-uniformity was underestimated even with the maximum heat flux.
To promote the development of concentrating solar power generation technology using supercritical CO2 (sCO(2)), the heat transfer under non-uniform heat flux in the parabolic-trough collector was numerically simulated with emphasis on the coupling effect of the heat flux distribution, the property variations and the buoyancy effect. The non-uniform heat flux effect was first analyzed by comparing with two typical uniform heat flux conditions, which showed that the non-uniform heat flux reduced the overall heat transfer rate below that of the average uniform heat flux. Neither the average nor the maximum heat flux predictions could accurately reflect the heat transfer uniformity characteristics with the non-uniform heat flux. The circumferential non-uniformity was underestimated even with the maximum heat flux. Then, the analysis of the interaction between property variations and buoyancy effect showed that the use of sCO(2) improves the heat transfer rate. The buoyancy effect dominates in modifying the flow field, which always enlarges the difference between top and bottom. The specific heat and viscosity variation effects are canceled out by the thermal conductivity variation. The buoyancy presents a negative effect on heat transfer when acting alone, but improves the heat transfer ability and their uniformity when coupled with the other property variations. Finally, the heat flux distribution effect coupled with the buoyancy effect was analyzed through changing the solar elevation angles. The maximum heat transfer coefficient is always located near the tube bottom due to the secondary flow effect. The circumferential non-uniformity increases with increasing delta(theta) as the relationship between heat flux distribution and the buoyancy effects change from competing to synergistic. (C) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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