SCOTWHOR

https://researchcentres.city.ac.uk/thermo-fluids/scotwohr

EPSRC (EP/V001752/1 ; EP/V001795/1)

City, University of London

£1,465,784

January 2021/ December 2023

The focus of this project is to conduct original research to improve the fundamental understanding of the performance of sCO₂ cycles and the design aspects of the key components, namely compressors, expanders and heat exchangers. Computational and experimental methods will be used to investigate the performance and design characteristics across a wide range of operating conditions. The results from these studies will improve existing scientific understanding and will facilitate the development of new performance prediction methods for the cycle and components. Understanding these aspects will not only lead to improved performance prediction but could also lead to improved component design in the future. Within this project the new prediction methods will be used to investigate and compare the performance of different cycle architectures and component designs. The results from these comparisons will enable the identification of the optimal systems that can operate across a wide range of heat input and load conditions, and therefore best facilitate improvements to sCO₂ systems.