Date:

2025-04-30

Title of Paper:

Numerical analysis of supercritical water heat transfer in horizontal circular tube

Journal:

ProgressinNuclearEnergy

Summary:

Heat transferisnumericallyinvestigatedofsupercriticalwaterforthree-dimensionalhorizontal flowsin
uniformlyheatedtube.Three 3-typeturbulencemodelsaretestedandthenumericalresultsare
compared withexperimentaldata,andthecriteriaforonsetofbuoyancyeffectandheattransfer
deterioration areanalyzed.Theresultsshowthat:(1)thestandard ke3 turbulencemodelwithenhanced
walltreatmentisrecommended;(2)thequantityGr/Re2.7 gives acapacitytopredictthebuoyancyeffect
onset; and(3)correlationsdevelopedbyStyrikovichetal.andYamagataetal.canpredicttheonsetof
heat transferdeteriorationfortopandbottomsurface,respectively.

Co-author:

Bo Zhang,JianqiangShan, JingJiang

Volume:

52(2010)

Page Number:

678-684

Translation or Not:

No

Date of Publication:

2010-10-01