TY - JOUR
TI - Mixed convection heat transfer from a particle in supercritical water
AU - Wei Liping
AU - Lu Youjun
AU - Wei Jinjia
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 2
SP - 483
EP - 492
PT - Article
AB - This paper aims to study a steady laminar convection flow over a spherical  particle in supercritical water in pseudo-critical zone. Forced convection,  free convection, assisting convection, and opposing convection from a  spherical particle in supercritical water (SCW) were studied based on a  numerical model fully accounting for variations of thermo-physical  properties in pseudo-critical zone. Variation of specific heat plays a main  role in determination of heat transfer coefficient. The gravity direction  has a remarkable effect on heat transfer. Quantitative relationship between  variable properties and Nusselt number has been established based on the  simulation results.