Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Structural and creep-fatigue evaluation

Ortega, Jesus; Khivsara, Sagar; Christian, Joshua; Ho, Clifford; Dutta, Pradip

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.031

Title: Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Structural and creep-fatigue evaluation

Abstract

A supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO₂) Brayton cycle is an emerging high energy-density cycle undergoing extensive research due to the appealing thermo-physical properties of sCO₂ and single phase operation. Development of a solar receiver capable of delivering sCO₂ at 20 MPa and 700 °C is required for implementation of the high efficiency (~50%) solar powered sCO₂ Brayton cycle. In this work, extensive candidate materials are review along with tube size optimization using the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Moreover, temperature and pressure distribution obtained from the thermal-fluid modeling (presented in a complementary publication) are used to evaluate the thermal and mechanical stresses along with detailed creep-fatigue analysis of the tubes. The lifetime performance of the receiver tubes were approximated using the resulting body stresses. A cyclic loading analysis is performed by coupling the Strain-Life approach and the Larson-Miller creep model. The structural integrity of the receiver was examined and it was found that the stresses can be withstood by specific tubes, determined by a parametric geometric analysis. Furthermore, the creep-fatigue analysis displayed the damage accumulation due to cycling and the permanent deformation on the tubes showed that the tubes can operate for the full lifetime of the receiver.

Authors:

Ortega, Jesus ^[1]; Khivsara, Sagar ^[2]; Christian, Joshua ^[1]; Ho, Clifford ^[1]; Dutta, Pradip ^[2]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Indian Inst. of Science, Bangalore, KS (India)

Publication Date:: 2016-06-06

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1257788

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1257792; OSTI ID: 1397698

Report Number(s):: SAND2016-2443J; SAND2016-5428J
Journal ID: ISSN 1359-4311; 625539

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; DE AC36-08G028308; IUSSTF/JCERDC-SERIIUS/2012

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Applied Thermal Engineering

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Applied Thermal Engineering; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-4311

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats


                    Ortega, Jesus, Khivsara, Sagar, Christian, Joshua, Ho, Clifford, and Dutta, Pradip. Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Structural and creep-fatigue evaluation.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
Web.  doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.031.

Copy to clipboard


                    Ortega, Jesus, Khivsara, Sagar, Christian, Joshua, Ho, Clifford, & Dutta, Pradip. Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Structural and creep-fatigue evaluation.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.031

Copy to clipboard


                    Ortega, Jesus, Khivsara, Sagar, Christian, Joshua, Ho, Clifford, and Dutta, Pradip. Mon .  
"Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Structural and creep-fatigue evaluation".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.031.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257788.

Copy to clipboard


                    
@article{osti_1257788,

  title        = {Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Structural and creep-fatigue evaluation},

  author       = {Ortega, Jesus and Khivsara, Sagar and Christian, Joshua and Ho, Clifford and Dutta, Pradip},

  abstractNote = {A supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) Brayton cycle is an emerging high energy-density cycle undergoing extensive research due to the appealing thermo-physical properties of sCO2 and single phase operation. Development of a solar receiver capable of delivering sCO2 at 20 MPa and 700 °C is required for implementation of the high efficiency (~50%) solar powered sCO2 Brayton cycle. In this work, extensive candidate materials are review along with tube size optimization using the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Moreover, temperature and pressure distribution obtained from the thermal-fluid modeling (presented in a complementary publication) are used to evaluate the thermal and mechanical stresses along with detailed creep-fatigue analysis of the tubes. The lifetime performance of the receiver tubes were approximated using the resulting body stresses. A cyclic loading analysis is performed by coupling the Strain-Life approach and the Larson-Miller creep model. The structural integrity of the receiver was examined and it was found that the stresses can be withstood by specific tubes, determined by a parametric geometric analysis. Furthermore, the creep-fatigue analysis displayed the damage accumulation due to cycling and the permanent deformation on the tubes showed that the tubes can operate for the full lifetime of the receiver.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.031},

  journal      = {Applied Thermal Engineering},

  number       = ,

  volume       = ,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2016},

  month        = {6}

}

Copy to clipboard

Journal Article:

Free Publicly Available Full Text

Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Publisher's Version of Record

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.031

Other availability

Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 44 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Export Metadata

Save to My Library

Works referenced in this record:

An Update on Solar Central Receiver Systems, Projects, and Technologies
journal, April 2002

Romero, Manuel; Buck, Reiner; Pacheco, James E.
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 124, Issue 2
DOI: 10.1115/1.1467921

Thermal model and thermodynamic performance of molten salt cavity receiver
journal, May 2010

Li, Xin; Kong, Weiqiang; Wang, Zhifeng
Renewable Energy, Vol. 35, Issue 5
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.11.017

Modeling and dynamic simulation of the collector and receiver system of 1MWe DAHAN solar thermal power tower plant
journal, July 2012

Yu, Qiang; Wang, Zhifeng; Xu, Ershu
Renewable Energy, Vol. 43
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.040

Carbon Dioxide Condensation Cycles For Power Production
journal, July 1968

Angelino, G.
Journal of Engineering for Power, Vol. 90, Issue 3
DOI: 10.1115/1.3609190

High-Performance Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle for Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors
journal, June 2006

Dostal, Vaclav; Hejzlar, Pavel; Driscoll, Michael J.
Nuclear Technology, Vol. 154, Issue 3
DOI: 10.13182/NT154-265

The Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle: Comparison to Other Advanced Power Cycles
journal, June 2006

Dostal, Vaclav; Hejzlar, Pavel; Driscoll, Michael J.
Nuclear Technology, Vol. 154, Issue 3
DOI: 10.13182/NT06-A3734

Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Optical and thermal-fluid evaluation
journal, October 2016

Ortega, Jesus; Khivsara, Sagar; Christian, Joshua
Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 109
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.178

Works referencing / citing this record:

A review on solar‐assisted gas turbines
journal, September 2018

Ahmadi, Mohammad H.; Alhuyi Nazari, Mohammad; Ghasempour, Roghayeh
Energy Science & Engineering, Vol. 6, Issue 6
DOI: 10.1002/ese3.238

Similar Records in DOE PAGES and OSTI.GOV collections:

Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Optical and thermal-fluid evaluation

Journal Article Ortega, Jesus ; Khivsara, Sagar ; Christian, Joshua ; ... - Applied Thermal Engineering

In single phase performance and appealing thermo-physical properties supercritical carbon dioxide (s-CO₂) make a good heat transfer fluid candidate for concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. The development of a solar receiver capable of delivering s-CO₂ at outlet temperatures ~973 K is required in order to merge CSP and s-CO₂ Brayton cycle technologies. A coupled optical and thermal-fluid modeling effort for a tubular receiver is undertaken to evaluate the direct tubular s-CO₂ receiver’s thermal performance when exposed to a concentrated solar power input of ~0.3–0.5 MW. Ray tracing, using SolTrace, is performed to determine the heat flux profiles on the receivermore »« less
Cited by 23
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.178

Full Text Available
Development of an Open-source Alloy Selection and Lifetime Assessment Tool for Structural Components in CSP

Technical Report Pillai, Rishi ; Romedenne, Marie ; Lee, Sangkeun

Lack of sufficient data on high temperature mechanical and corrosion behavior of structural materials is a huge barrier in the technological maturity of current and future Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies. Rapid development and selection of materials cannot be achieved by expensive and time-consuming acquisition of experimental data. The goal of the proposed work is development of an open-source alloy selection and lifetime prediction tool that will integrate validated physics-based models to describe influence of temperature, alloy composition, environment and component geometry (thickness) on mechanical and corrosion behavior of Ni and Fe-based alloys employed in molten salts/sCO₂ heat exchangers. Thismore »« less
https://doi.org/10.2172/1843687

Full Text Available
Lifetime Model Development for Supercritical CO2 CSP Systems

Technical Report Pint, Bruce A. ; Pillai, Rishi R.

A project to develop an industry-supported lifetime model for concentrating solar power (CSP) systems using supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO₂) as a working fluid in a >50% efficiency power block was conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Brayton Energy, LLC. Four commercial alloys, Haynes 282, Inconel 740H, alloy 625 and Febase Sanicro 25, were selected for evaluation based on industry feedback including three partner alloy manufacturers. The compatibility evaluations focused on two conditions: 300 bar industrial grade (IG) sCO₂ using 500-h cycles and 1 bar sCO₂ using 10-h cycles to simulate the solar duty cycle. The last two years ofmore »« less
https://doi.org/10.2172/1515655

Full Text Available
Coiled Tube Gas Heaters For Nuclear Gas-Brayton Power Conversion

Technical Report Peterson, Per F.

This project developed an alternative design for heat exchangers for application to heating supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO₂) or air for power conversion. We have identified an annular coiled tube bundle configuration–where hot sodium enters tubes from multiple vertical inlet manifold pipes, flows in a spiral pattern radially inward and downward, and then exits into an equal number of vertical outlet manifold pipes–as a potentially attractive option. The S-CO₂ gas or air flows radially outward through the tube bundle. Coiled tube gas heaters (CTGHs) are expected to have excellent thermal shock, long-term thermal creep, in-service inspection, and reparability characteristics, compared tomore »« less
https://doi.org/10.2172/1434471

Full Text Available
High-Efficiency Low-Cost Solar Receiver for Use Ina a Supercritical CO₂ Recompression Cycle

Technical Report Sullivan, Shaun D. ; Kesseli, James ; Nash, James ; ...

This project has performed solar receiver designs for two supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO₂) power cycles. The first half of the program focused on a nominally 2 MWe power cycle, with a receiver designed for test at the Sandia Solar Thermal Test Facility. This led to an economical cavity-type receiver. The second half of the program focused on a 10 MWe power cycle, incorporating a surround open receiver. Rigorous component life and performance testing was performed in support of both receiver designs. The receiver performance objectives are set to conform to the US DOE goals of 6¢/kWh by 2020 . Keymore »« less
https://doi.org/10.2172/1333813

Full Text Available

Similar Records

Title: Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Structural and creep-fatigue evaluation

Abstract

Citation Formats

An Update on Solar Central Receiver Systems, Projects, and Technologies journal, April 2002

Thermal model and thermodynamic performance of molten salt cavity receiver journal, May 2010

Modeling and dynamic simulation of the collector and receiver system of 1MWe DAHAN solar thermal power tower plant journal, July 2012

Carbon Dioxide Condensation Cycles For Power Production journal, July 1968

High-Performance Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle for Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors journal, June 2006

The Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle: Comparison to Other Advanced Power Cycles journal, June 2006

Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Optical and thermal-fluid evaluation journal, October 2016

A review on solar‐assisted gas turbines journal, September 2018

An Update on Solar Central Receiver Systems, Projects, and Technologies
journal, April 2002

Thermal model and thermodynamic performance of molten salt cavity receiver
journal, May 2010

Modeling and dynamic simulation of the collector and receiver system of 1MWe DAHAN solar thermal power tower plant
journal, July 2012

Carbon Dioxide Condensation Cycles For Power Production
journal, July 1968

High-Performance Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle for Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors
journal, June 2006

The Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle: Comparison to Other Advanced Power Cycles
journal, June 2006

Coupled modeling of a directly heated tubular solar receiver for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle: Optical and thermal-fluid evaluation
journal, October 2016

A review on solar‐assisted gas turbines
journal, September 2018