Heat Transfer Characteristics of Particle Flow Through Additively Manufactured (SS 316L) Lattice Frame Material Based on Octet-Shape Topology
- Mississippi State University , Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States
Abstract This paper presents experimentally obtained heat transfer characteristics of additively manufactured lattice frame material based on Octet-shaped unit cell. Binder jetting technology was used to print lattices in Stainless Steel 316L material. Lattice porosities ranging from 0.75 to 0.9 were investigated where thermal transport characteristics were obtained for void space occupied by air and particles. Particle diameters were varied from 266–966 microns. Effective thermal conductivity and averaged heat transfer coefficient was calculated through steady-state experiments. It was found that presence of lattice enhances the effective thermal conductivity by 2–4 times when compared to packed bed of particles alone. Furthermore, for gravity-assisted particle flow through lattice panel, significantly high convective heat transfer coefficients ranging from 200–400 W/m2K were obtained for the range of particle diameters tested. The superior thermal transport properties of Octet-shape based lattice frame material for particle flow through them makes it a very promising candidate for particle-to-supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) heat exchanger in concentrating solar power (CSP) application.
- Research Organization:
- Mississippi State University
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- Contributing Organization:
- Mississippi State University
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0009377
- OSTI ID:
- 2331504
- Journal Information:
- Volume 8: Fluids Engineering; Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering, Journal Name: Volume 8: Fluids Engineering; Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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