EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION OF FLUIDIZING-PARTICLE HEAT EXCHANGER FOR SUPERCRITICAL CO2 BRAYTON CYCLE OF CSP

Ying Zhenzhen; Yang Tianfeng; Chen Dong; Ni Mingjiang; Cen Kefa; Xiao Gang

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2020-0409

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3) : 274-281. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2020-0409

EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION OF FLUIDIZING-PARTICLE HEAT EXCHANGER FOR SUPERCRITICAL CO₂ BRAYTON CYCLE OF CSP

Ying Zhenzhen, Yang Tianfeng, Chen Dong, Ni Mingjiang, Cen Kefa, Xiao Gang

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A lab-scale 30 kW particle heat exchanger of fluidized bed was designed and tested, with straight tube bundles for countercurrent-flow heat exchange. The heat transfer coefficient of particle side reached 590-860 W/（m²·K） at a fluidization speed of 1.5 times of the critical. Euler-Euler Two-Fluid Model was adopted to simulate heat transfer characteristics between fluidizing particles and immersed horizontal tubes. The deviation was within 10% between simulation and experimental results. Factorial design and linear regression model were used to study the effects of particle size, particle thermal conductivity and fluidizing gas velocity on heat transfer. It was found that the particle size was a main factor while the fluidization speed was a minor. As to a 100 MW supercritical CO₂ Brayton system of CSP, the temperature range of heat exchanger was 650-900 ℃, and the thermal efficiency was about 98.7%, exergy efficiency was about 80.6%, effectiveness was about 61.9%.

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solar thermal power generation / heat transfer-fluidized beds / Brayton cycle / supercritical / carbon dioxide / experiments / simulation

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Ying Zhenzhen, Yang Tianfeng, Chen Dong, Ni Mingjiang, Cen Kefa, Xiao Gang. EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION OF FLUIDIZING-PARTICLE HEAT EXCHANGER FOR SUPERCRITICAL CO₂ BRAYTON CYCLE OF CSP[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2022, 43(3): 274-281 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2020-0409

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