Performance of a transcritical CO <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" altimg="si59.svg" display="inline" id="d1e973"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> vortex tube: A first experimental campaign
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Abstract
An experimental setup is designed, constructed and operated to test for the first time a vortex tube in a closed CO 2 transcritical cycle. The objective is to study the operation of the vortex tube within a range that was not studied before. This will pave the road towards the aim of integrating this device in a transcritical CO 2 heat pump to raise its efficiency. However, to achieve this aim, a proper investigation is started in this article to analyze the feasibility of the vortex tube operation in such regime and find methodologies of improvement. The test bench system includes compressor, heat exchanger, expansion valve, vortex tube, back-pressure regulators and evaporating electric heaters. Different parameters are varied to mainly study their effect on temperature separation and hot and cold exit temperatures of the vortex tube. These parameters include inlet temperature and pressure, mass flowrate, cold mass fraction and cold exit pressure. It is shown that under the conditions studied, the temperature (energy) separation has significantly deteriorated mainly due to the operation under non-ideal gas states and operating near the saturation region of CO 2 . The maximum temperature separation reached is 1.18 ° C . This temperature separation is not enough to provide the needed benefit to integrate the vortex tube in a heat pump operating under such conditions. However, several improvements to the system are suggested that can suit these transcritical operating conditions. These improvements will help in understanding the reasons behind the deterioration and might improve the performance of the vortex tube. • First experimental measurements on transcritical CO 2 vortex tube are performed. • Influences of flowrate, inlet conditions, cold mass fraction and cold exit pressure are quantified. • The maximum temperature separation reached is 1.18 ° C . • Suggestions are proposed to improve the temperature separation.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.008 | 0.000 |
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