Heat Transfer and Hydraulic Resistance at Supercritical Pressures in Power Engineering Applications

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineerings are currently working on advanced power plants intended for implementation within the next decade. One such Generation IV concept is a supercritical, water-cooled nuclear reactor. In addition, there are already hundreds of supercritical steam generators operating worldwide in the thermal power industry.

These system designs reduce emissions and lower cost by attaining high thermodynamic cycle and economic efficiency, utilizing both natural and forced circulation flows and optimizing heat exchanger and turbine layout and performance. Development, design, and successful operation of these power-generating units require knowledge of heat transfer, pressure drop, and thermal hydraulics at supercritical pressures. Demand for reliable information is high, and until now, no single book related to this topic has been published.

This book brings together and integrates the results from over 500 of the latest sources from the global publications devoted to heat transfer and hydraulic resistance of fluids flowing inside channels of various geometries at near-critical and supercritical pressures. This book is of interest to nuclear and mechanical engineers in both industry and academia, who are concerned with the development and design of next-generation reactors, as well as engineers and technologists currently working with supercritical steam generators and power systems.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Symbols and Abbreviations
Glossary and Definitions of Selected Terms and Expressions Related to Critical and Supercritical Regions Specifics
About the Authors

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Physical Properties of Fluids in Critical and Pseudocritical Regions
Chapter 3 : Power-Plant "Steam" Generators Working at Supercritical Pressures : Review and Status
Chapter 4 : Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor Concepts : Review and Status
Chapter 5 : Experimental Heat Transfer to Water at Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 6 : Experimental Heat Transfer to Carbon Dioxide at Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 7 : Experimental Heat Transfer to Helium at Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 8 : Experimental Heat Transfer to Other Fluids at Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 9 : Heat-Transfer Enhancement at Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 10 : Experimental Setups, Procedures and Data Reduction at Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 11 : Practical Prediction Methods for Heat Transfer at Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 12 : Hydraulic Resistance
Chapter 13 : Analytical Approaches for Estimating Heat Transfer and Hydraulic Resistance at Near-Critical and Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 14 : Flow Stability at Near-Critical and Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 15 : Other Problems Related to Supercritical Pressures
Chapter 16 : Summary

Appendix A : Books and Review Papers
Appendix B : Thermophysical Properties of Carbon Dioxide, R-134a and Helium Near Critical and Pseudocritical Points
Appendix C : Additional Information on CRL Supercritical CO2 Test Facility
Appendix D : Sample of Uncertainty Analysis
Appendix E : Some Experimental Features of Various Supercritical-Pressure Installations
References
Index