{"title":"Experimental investigation of the pressure drop of CO2 flow at supercritical pressures in a heated 4 mm smooth pipe with different orientations","authors":"Konstantinos Theologou, Rainer Mertz, Jörg Starflinger","doi":"10.1016/j.supflu.2024.106407","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The application of supercritical fluids as an alternative heat transfer medium in thermal processes is becoming increasingly important, whereby the understanding of their pressure drop characteristics is essential for the process and component design. With a total of 96 experiments, this publication shows a systematic analysis of the pressure drop of CO<sub>2</sub> flow at supercritical pressures in a heated smooth pipe with an inner diameter of 4 mm, at a pressure of 7.75 MPa, mass fluxes up to 2000 kg/m<sup>2</sup>s and heat fluxes up to 235 kW/m<sup>2</sup>. The hydrostatic pressure drop accounts for between 4 % and 24 % of the total pressure drop and the pressure drop due to flow acceleration for between 12 % and 30 %, with the frictional pressure drop accounting for the largest percentage. It was found that the Filonenko correlation can predict the pipe friction pressure drop in the investigated parameter range with a mean absolute deviation of 7 %.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Supercritical Fluids","volume":"215 ","pages":"Article 106407"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Supercritical Fluids","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896844624002420","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The application of supercritical fluids as an alternative heat transfer medium in thermal processes is becoming increasingly important, whereby the understanding of their pressure drop characteristics is essential for the process and component design. With a total of 96 experiments, this publication shows a systematic analysis of the pressure drop of CO2 flow at supercritical pressures in a heated smooth pipe with an inner diameter of 4 mm, at a pressure of 7.75 MPa, mass fluxes up to 2000 kg/m2s and heat fluxes up to 235 kW/m2. The hydrostatic pressure drop accounts for between 4 % and 24 % of the total pressure drop and the pressure drop due to flow acceleration for between 12 % and 30 %, with the frictional pressure drop accounting for the largest percentage. It was found that the Filonenko correlation can predict the pipe friction pressure drop in the investigated parameter range with a mean absolute deviation of 7 %.
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The Journal of Supercritical Fluids is an international journal devoted to the fundamental and applied aspects of supercritical fluids and processes. Its aim is to provide a focused platform for academic and industrial researchers to report their findings and to have ready access to the advances in this rapidly growing field. Its coverage is multidisciplinary and includes both basic and applied topics.
Thermodynamics and phase equilibria, reaction kinetics and rate processes, thermal and transport properties, and all topics related to processing such as separations (extraction, fractionation, purification, chromatography) nucleation and impregnation are within the scope. Accounts of specific engineering applications such as those encountered in food, fuel, natural products, minerals, pharmaceuticals and polymer industries are included. Topics related to high pressure equipment design, analytical techniques, sensors, and process control methodologies are also within the scope of the journal.