Journal of Energy

Review Article

Review of the Wall Temperature Prediction Capability of Available Correlations for Heat Transfer at Supercritical Conditions of Water

Table 2

Consolidated details of all experimental data and the best fitting correlations for the cases with deteriorated heat transfer.


Sl. no.	Parameter	Vikhrev et al. [18] Dataset 1 (Figure 2)	Vikhrev et al. [18] Dataset 2 (Figure 3)	Zhu et al. [12] Dataset 1 (Figure 8)	Zhu et al. [12] Dataset 2 (Figure 9)	Mokry et al. [15] Dataset 1 (Figure 10)	Wang et al. [14] Dataset 1 (Figure 12)	Wang et al. [14] Dataset 2 (Figure 13)

01	Tube ID (mm)	20.4	20.4	26	26	10	19.8	26
02	Pressure (bar (a))	265	265	260	300	241	250	260
03	Heat flux (kW/m²)	570	1160	300	300	148	660	350
04	Mass flux (kg/m²s)	495	1400	600	600	201	1200	600
05	Heat flux to mass flux ratio (kJ/kg) [5]	1.152	0.829	0.5	0.5	0.736	0.55	0.583
06	Limiting heat flux to avoid deterioration (kW/m²) [3, 15]	342.4, 309.8	1192, 98 4	431.3, 388	431.3, 388	116, 90.7	990.9, 835	431.3, 388
07	Fluid temperature range (°C)	60 to 340	147 to 403.8	336.8 to 440.6	336.8 to 408.1	321.94 to 397.93	244.21 to 385.29	335 to 437
08	Pseudocritical temperature at the given pressure (°C)	390.53	390.53	388.8	402.3	381.83	385.17	388.77
09	Fluid temperature at which peak change in metal temperature is observed (°C)	91.7 and 329.9	356.9, 387.6, 392.3, and 403.8	408.4	408.1	330.7 and 381.5	385.29	387.53
10	() at normal wall temperature zone-Experimental	116.3 to 152	98.8 to 111.6	30.7 to 50.9	31.3 to 41.8	39.5 to 68.7	53.7 to 64.7	37.6 to 116.5
11	() at peak wall temperature zone, experimental	282.2 and 278.4	179.9	191.8	192.2	60.5 and 70.3	119.1	264.8
12	Name of correlation the metal temperature prediction of which has the closest fit with experimental data	Xiaojing Zhu	Watts and Chou	Xiaojing Zhu	Watts and Chou	Gorban	Gorban	Mokry
13	() at normal wall temperature zone, best correlation	92.2 to 143.1	86.9 to 111.6	25.41 to 59.85	32.93 to 45.53	52.35 to 79.6	50.1 to 55.7	42.9 to 99.7
14	() at peak wall temperature zone, best correlation	149 and 123.8	97.1	36.94	127.62	52.68 and 48.86	50.1	42.8
15	Total number of data points	29	20	16	8	80	26	15
16	% data with <5% error in metal temperature prediction	48.28	70	68.75	75	98.75	88.46	40
17	% data with <10°C error in metal temperature prediction	37.93	20	56.25	50	48.75	42.31	20
18	Minimum and maximum deviation from experimental metal temperature (°C)	−154.6 to +9.9	−82.78 to +23.33	−155 to +10	−64.56 to +10.72	−21.39 to +24.41	−68.98 to +0.42	−222 to +10