New solar power heat exchanger

What is a solar heat exchanger?

Heat exchangers play a vital role in using solar energy at the time of storing and releasing heat. In this chapter, solar thermal energy is linked up with different types of heat exchanger where a detailed discussion has been made on their basic concepts, design process, and performance analysis.

Which heat exchangers are air cooled?

The dry cooling is also assumed in the three cycles, so the pre-cooler (PC) and the intercooler (IC) (the latter one is only presented in the partial-cooling and intercooling layouts), are air-cooled heat exchangers. These HXs are modeled as compact heat exchangers (CHXs) with finned circular tubes, core sCF-734 ( Hruska et al., 2016).

Can a heat exchanger be used for a supercritical power cycle?

An advanced heat exchanger design is key for both the economic and performance viability of STPPs coupled to supercritical power cycles. The most promising proposals include compact heat exchangers (CHX) and, particularly, printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHE).

What are heat exchanger materials?

Heat exchanger materials with enhanced high-temperature failure strength, thermal conductivity, and corrosion resistance that can be cost-effectively manufactured relative to current metal-alloy-based heat exchangers are required.

Why is heat exchanger important?

Heat exchanger is an important equipment which is widely used in the most of the energy-intensive industries. Enhancing heat transfer, discovering a new type of heat exchanger, design and control of new heat exchangers are always a matter of concern for engineers and researchers.

Which design is suitable for molten salt and oil heat exchanger?

The probable design for molten salt and oil heat exchanger which is suitable in case of concentrated solar power. This type is a U-tube design having two shell passes and two tube passes. A baffle that is longitudinal separates the entire shell into two sections and it defines the two shell passes.