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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Book Series
Mission
Coverage
Editorial Advisory Board and List of Reviewers
List of Reviewers
Foreword
Preface
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK
TARGET OF THE BOOK
Acknowledgment
Section 1: Fundamentals of Supercritical Fluids Flow and Heat Transfer
Chapter 1: Thermal Effects in Near-Critical Fluids
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
GENERAL BACKGROUND
THE PISTON EFFECT MECHANISM
HEAT TRANSPORT PHENOMENA
HEAT CAN FLOW BACKWARDS
EFFECT OF AN ACCELERATION FIELD
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter 2: Numerical Modelling of Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Supercritical Fluids
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
THERMAL INSTABILITIES IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
THERMAL VIBRATIONS NEAR THE CRITICAL POINT
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS: A LAGRANGE-EULER MODELLING OF THERMOVIBRATIONAL INSTABILITIES IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter 3: Thermal-Mechanical Effects and Near-Critical Fluid Dynamic Behaviors in Micro-Scale
ABSTRACT
BASICS OF CRITICAL FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER: FROM SUPERCRITICAL TO NEAR-CRITICAL
NUMEICAL FORULATION OF NEAR-CRITICAL MICROCHANNEL FLOW PROBLEMS
PRESSURE EFFECTS AND HEAT TRANFER CONSIDERATIONS
THEORETICAL ASPECT AND NEAR-CRITICAL STABILITY ANALYSIS
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
APPENDIX: NOMENCLATURE
Chapter 4: X-Ray Scattering Studies of Expanded Fluid Metals
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
SAMPLE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNIQUE
X-RAY SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS
ALKALI METALS
MERCURY
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Section 2: Supercritical Natural Circulation Flow and Its Applications
Chapter 5: Principles, Experiments, and Numerical Studies of Supercritical Fluid Natural Circulation System
ABSTRACT
BASIC DESIGN AND PRINCIPALS OF SUPERCRITICAL NATURAL CIRCULATION LOOPS (NCLS)
EXPERIMENTAL DISCUSSIONS
NUMERICAL DISCUSSIONS OF SUPERCRITICAL NCL
APPLICATIONS OF SUPERCRITICAL NCL
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
APPENDIX: NOMENCLATURE
Chapter 6: Supercritical Natural Circulation Loop
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
ONE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSES
MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSES
EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS
PARAMETRIC EFFECTS
SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter 7: Application of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Solar Water Heater
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
SUPERCRITICAL CO
EVACUATED SOLAR COLLECTOR
SOLAR WATER HEATER USING SUPERCRITICAL CO
TYPICAL SYSTEM OPERATIN AND PERFORMANCE
INFLUENCE OF CO STATE ON SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF HOT WATER
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter 8: Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow of Supercritical Fluids in Advanced Energy Systems
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDRAULIC RESISTANCE
FLOW INSTABILITY
CASE STUDIES
SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Section 3: Supercritical Thermal Conversion of Different Scales
Chapter 9: Heat Transfer in Supercritical Fluids
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
MAIN FOCUS OF THE CHAPTER
SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter 10: Study on Cooling Heat Transfer of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Applied to Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Heat Pump
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
COOLING HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE
EFFECT OF LUBRICATING OIL ON THE FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER OF SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter 11: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Its Application to Rankine Cycle
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
POWER CYCLE SYSTEM
SUPERCRITICAL RANKINE CYCLE
GAS BEHAVIOR
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO) IN SUPERCRITICAL STATE
SUPERCRITICAL CO SOLAR RANKINE CYCLE SYSTEM (SRCS)
EVACUATED SOLAR COLLECTOR (NIU ET AL. 2011 & 2013)
SUPERCRITICAL CO TURBINE (CHEN ET AL. 2015 & PUMANERATKUL ET AL. 2015)
THERMALLY DRIVEN PUMP (YAMAGUCHI ET AL. 2013, PUMANERATKUL ET AL. 2015 & KUWAHARA ET AL. 2011)
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
APPENDIX: NOMENCLATURE
Chapter 12: Supercritical Fluids and Their Applications in Power Generation
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
WORKING FLUID PROPERTIES AND SELECTION CRITERIA
FLUID CANDIDATES AND THEIR PROPERTIES
SUPERCRITICAL POWER CYCLES FOR CONCENTRATED SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Section 4: Supercritical Power Generation Systems and Green Energy Harvesting
Chapter 13: Application of Supercritical Pressures in Power Engineering
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
SPECIFICS OF THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND HEAT TRANSFER AT SCPS
SPECIFICS OF HEAT TRANSFER AT SUPERCRITICAL PRESSURES
SUPERCRITICAL-PRESSURE FOSSIL-FUEL THERMAL POWER PLANTS
APPLICATION OF SUPERCRITAL FLUIDS AND PRESSURES IN GENERATION-IV NUCLEAR-POWER PLANTS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
ENDNOTES
APPENDIX: NOMENCLATURE
Chapter 14: Energy Conversion Using the Supercritical Steam Cycle
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
THE RANKINE CYCLE
STEAM GENERATOR DESIGN
SUPERCRITICAL STEAM TURBINE DESIGN
DYNAMICS OF A SUPERCRITICAL STEAM CYCLE
SUPERCRITICAL WATER COOLED REACTORS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter 15: The Basic Thermal Hydraulic Issues of Applying Supercritical Fluid to Nuclear Reactors
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
THE HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCRITICAL WATER
THE PRESSURE LOSS CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCRITICAL WATER
THE FLOW STABILITY ISSUES OF SUPERCRITICAL WATER IN PARALLEL CHANNELS
MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SUPERCRITICAL FLOW INSTABILITY IN PARALLEL CHANNELS
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
APPENDIX 1: THERMAL HYDRAULIC TEST FACILITIES
APPENDIX 2: NOMENCLATURE
Chapter 16: Supercritical Fluids as a Tool for Green Energy and Chemicals
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
MAIN FOCUS OF THE CHAPTER
SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter 17: Application of Supercritical Technologies in Clean Energy Production
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BIOFUELS: AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY SOURCE
TECHNOLOGIES FOR BIOFUELS AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION USING SUPERCRITICAL WATER BIOMASS CONVERSION
BIODIESEL AND BIOFUELS SYSTHESIS FROM VEGETABLE OILS IN SUPERCRITICAL LOWER ALCOHOLS AND ETHERS
FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUID REACTION MEDIUM
APPLICATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS IN THE CONVERSION AND STORAGE OF THERMAL ENERGY
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Compilation of References
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