Foreword .................................................... xviii
Preface ........................................................ xx
Acknowledgment ............................................. xxviii
Section 1
Fundamentals of Supercritical Fluids Flow and Heat Transfer
Chapter 1
Thermal Effects in Near-Critical Fluids: Piston Effect and
Related Phenomena ............................................... 1
Daniel A. Beysens, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie
Industrielles ParisTech, France
Yves Garrabos, Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensee
de Bordeaux, France
Bernard Zappoli, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France
Chapter 2
Numerical Modelling of Hydrodynamic Instabilities in
Supercritical Fluids ........................................... 33
Sahir Amiroudine, University of Bordeaux, France
Chapter 3
Thermal-Mechanical Effects and Near-Critical Fluid Dynamic
Behaviors in Micro-Scale ....................................... 55
Lin Chen, Tohoku University, Japan & Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
Chapter 4
X-Ray Scattering Studies of Expanded Fluid Metals ............. 102
Kazuhiro Matsuda, Kyoto University, Japan
Masanori Inui, Hiroshima University, Japan
Section 2
Supercritical Natural Circulation Flow and Its Applications
Chapter 5
Principles, Experiments, and Numerical Studies of
Supercritical Fluid Natural Circulation System ................ 136
Lin Chen, Tohoku University, Japan & Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
Chapter 6
Supercritical Natural Circulation Loop: A Technology for
Future Reactors ............................................... 188
Dipankar Narayan Basu, Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati, India
Milan Krishna Singha Sarkar, Indian Institute of
Technology Guwahati, India
Chapter 7
Application of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Solar Water
Heater ........................................................ 215
Yuhiro Iwamoto, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Doshisha University, Japan
Chapter 8
Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow of Supercritical Fluids in
Advanced Energy Systems ....................................... 235
Hongzhi Li, Xi'an Thermal Power Research Institute, China
Yifan Zhang, Xi'an Thermal Power Research Institute, China
Section 3
Supercritical Thermal Conversion of Different Scales
Chapter 9
Heat Transfer in Supercritical Fluids: Going to Microscale
Times and Sizes ............................................... 271
Sergey B. Rutin, Institute of Thermal Physics, Ural
Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Aleksandr D. Yampol'skiy, Institute of Thermal Physics,
Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Pavel V. Skripov, Institute of Thermal Physics, Ural
Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Chapter 10
Study on Cooling Heat Transfer of Supercritical Carbon
Dioxide Applied to Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Heat Pump ..... 292
Chaobin Dang, University of Tokyo, Japan
Eiji Hihara, University of Tokyo, Japan
Chapter 11
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Its Application to Rankine
Cycle ......................................................... 335
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Doshisha University, Japan
Chapter 12
Supercritical Fluids and Their Applications in Power
Generation .................................................... 369
Huijuan Chen, GE Global Research Center, USA
Ricardo Vasquez Padilla, Southern Cross University,
Australia
Saeb Besarati, SolarReserve, USA
Section 4
Supercritical Power Generation Systems and Green
Energy Harvesting
Chapter 13
Application of Supercritical Pressures in Power Engineering ... 404
Igor Pioro, University of Ontario Institute of Technology,
Canada
Mohammed Mahdi, University of Ontario Institute of
Technology, Canada
Roman Popov, University of Ontario Institute of
Technology, Canada
Chapter 14
Energy Conversion Using the Supercritical Steam Cycle ......... 458
Thomas Schulenberg, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Germany
Chapter 15
The Basic Thermal Hydraulic Issues of Applying Supercritical
Fluid to Nuclear Reactors ..................................... 481
Xiao Yan, Nuclear Power Institute of China, China
Jinguang Zang, Nuclear Power Institute of China, China
Ting Xiong, China Nuclear Energy Industry Corp., China
Xi Sui, Nuclear Power Institute of China, China
Yanping Huang, Nuclear Power Institute of China, China
Zejun Xiao, Nuclear Power Institute of China, China
Chapter 16
Supercritical Fluids as a Tool for Green Energy and
Chemicals .................................................... 554
Maša Knez Hrnčič, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Darija Cör, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Željko Knez, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Chapter 17
Application of Supercritical Technologies in Clean Energy
Production: A Review .......................................... 588
Vladimir Anikeev, Institute of Catalysis, Siberian
Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Khaled A.M. Gasem, University of Wyoming - Laramie, USA
Maohong Fan, University of Wyoming - Laramie, USA
Compilation of References ..................................... 617
About the Contributors ........................................ 671
Index ......................................................... 678
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