Experimental studies on an air-cooled natural circulation loop based on supercritical carbon dioxide – Part A: Steady state operation

The steady behavior of the supercritical carbon dioxide natural circulation loop

“…As shown in figure 5, significantly lower empirical Reynolds numbers were however obtained in the current experiments. Disagreement of the dimensionless quantities of a similar extent was also found in the work of Sadhu et al, [9]. In search of generality, an attempt is made to find the source of disparity between the prediction and the found experimental data.…”

“…The broader range of results presented in Liu et al [7] also show the previously discussed maximum in the mass flow rate with increasing heating. As predicted, an increase in system temperature yields an increase in static pressure at a set charge [8], [9], and an increase in mass flow rate for the considered parameters in the work of Sadhu et al, as shown in [9].…”