1st Edition
Supercritical Fluids Fundamentals and Engineering Applications
1. Introduction to Supercritical Fluids and Their Applications. 2. Phase Concepts of Supercritical Fluids. 3. Near-Critical, Trans-Critical and Supercritical Fluid Regimes. 4. Heat Transfer of Supercritical Fluids. 5. Thermo-Mechanical Theory of Supercritical Fluids. 6. Supercritical Fluids in Porous Media. 7. Supercritical Fluids in Microgravity. 8. Complex phase behaviors of supercritical fluids. 9. Supercritical fluid heat exchangers. 10. Supercritical compressors. 11. Supercritical turbine. 12. Supercritical Jet Dynamics and Propulsion Applications. 13. Supercritical fluid energy storage. 14. Supercritical energy conversion systems. 15. Supercritical power system. 16. Supercritical Fluid-Based Environmental Remediation. 17. Emerging Fields of Supercritical Fluids. 18. Summary and Outlook.
Biography
Lin Chen is a full professor and the Director of Heat and Mass Transfer Research Center at the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. His research topics include supercritical fluids, CO2 power cycles and systems, and advanced thermos-physical measurement techniques. He has authored over 300 journal papers and/or conference presentations, and books/chapters. Dr. Chen is one of the leading Chairs of IAEA CRP (2022-2027) for supercritical fluid research, the Chairman of The Series International Conference on Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles and Comprehensive Energy Systems, and an AWC (Assembly of World Conferences) member of World Conference on ExHFT. He was the recipient of Young Scholar Award of the AUTSE (2018), Research Paper Award of the Visualization Society of Japan (2022) and Chen-Xuejun Award of Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics (2024).
