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Direct Numerical Simulation of Wall-Bounded Turbulence at High-Pressure Transcritical Conditions

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Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion and Power (NICFD 2022)

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Supercritical fluids are commonly utilized in energy conversion and propulsion applications due to the higher power and efficiencies they provide. Their increased performance is connected to the thermophysical properties they exhibit around the pseudo-boiling region, in which density is relatively large while transport coefficients are similar to those of a gas. Consequently, higher levels of turbulence intensity can be achieved, resulting in mixing and heat transfer enhancements with respect to fluids operating at atmospheric conditions. However, supercritical fluids turbulence is a research field still in its infancy, and, thus, requires to be carefully investigated and further characterized. In this regard, this work analyzes supercritical wall-bounded turbulence by computing direct numerical simulations of high-pressure N\(_2\) at transcritical temperature conditions imposed by a temperature difference between the bottom and top walls.

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This work is funded by the European Union (ERC, SCRAMBLE, 101040379). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Formació de Professorat Universitari scholarship (FPU-UPC R.D 103/2019) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) (Spain), the SRG (2021-SGR-01045) program of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain), the Beatriz Galindo program (Distinguished Researcher, BGP18/00026) of the Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional (Spain), and the computer resources at FinisTerrae III and the technical support provided by CESGA (RES-IM-2023-1-0005). Francesco Capuano is a Serra Húnter fellow.

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    Marc Bernades, Francesco Capuano & Lluís Jofre

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Bernades, M., Capuano, F., Jofre, L. (2023). Direct Numerical Simulation of Wall-Bounded Turbulence at High-Pressure Transcritical Conditions. In: White, M., El Samad, T., Karathanassis, I., Sayma, A., Pini, M., Guardone, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion and Power. NICFD 2022. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30936-6_4

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