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Design Optimization of an Additively Manufactured Prototype Recuperator for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles

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This presentation describes a numerical design optimization for an sCO2 recuperator design that utilizes additive manufacturing constraints. This concept has the potential to significantly reduce the mass and the pressure drop relative to a printed circuit heat exchanger.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
DOE Contract Number:
89243318CFE000003
OSTI ID:
1827887
Report Number(s):
DOE/NETL-2021/2834
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 251; Conference: Conference Name: Clearwater Clean Energy Conference Location: Clearwater, FL, United States Start Date: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM End Date: 7/29/2021 12:00:00 AM
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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