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Zhenghui Hou

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (19)

Data-Driven Dimensional Analysis Based sCO2 Heat Transfer Correlations: Vertical Upward Tube Evaluation

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 12 Dec 2025
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Supercritical CO2, Heat transfer correlations, Dimensional analysis, Active Subspace Method, Implicit Nusselt correlation, Numerical evaluation

Data-Driven Dimensional Analysis Based sCO2 Heat Transfer Correlations: Vertical Upward Tube Evaluation

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 10 Mar 2026
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Supercritical CO2, Heat transfer correlations, Dimensional analysis, Active Subspace Method, Implicit Nusselt correlation, Numerical evaluation

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Sparda: Sparsity-Constrained Dimensional Analysis Via Convex Relaxation for Parameter Reduction in High-Dimensional Engineering Systems

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Nov 2024
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Dimensional reduction, Buckingham Pi theorem, active subspace, sparsity-constrained optimization, neural network

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Local blockage–induced pressure loss in supercritical CO2 PCHE channels: sensitivity to blockage characteristics and correlation development

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Dec 2025
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Supercritical Thermal Systems, Microchannel Obstruction, Blockage Characteristics, Hydrodynamic Resistance, Pressure-loss Correlation

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Data-Driven Dimensional Analysis of Critical Heat Flux in Subcooled Vertical Flow: A Two-Stage Machine Learning Approach

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Feb 2024
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Critical Heat Flux, Departure from nucleate boiling, dimensional analysis, neural network, Active subspace methods

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Entrance Effect on Supercritical Water Heat Transfer in Horizontal Tubes: Enhanced Heat Performance and New Correlation Development

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Oct 2024
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Entrance effect, Correlation, Heat transfer improvement, Supercritical water, Horizontal tubes

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Improvement on Numerical Simulation of Supercritical Water Flow in Horizontal Tubes: A Buoyancy-Tuned Turbulence Prandtl Number Model

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Feb 2024
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Turbulent Prandtl number, Non-uniform heat flux, Supercritical water, Horizontal tubes, Buoyancy tuned

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Impurity-Driven Variations in Co2 Critical Flow Dynamics: Modeling Approaches for Enhanced Ccs Safety

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 25 Nov 2024
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Critical flow, carbon capture and storage, Decompression, Critical flux prediction, Impurity impact

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Data-Driven Dimensional Analysis Based sCO₂ Heat Transfer Correlations: Vertical Upward Tube Evaluation

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 30 Dec 2025
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Supercritical CO2, Heat transfer correlations, Dimensional analysis, Active Subspace Method, Implicit Nusselt correlation, Numerical evaluation

Exploiting the Heat Transfer Potential of Supercritical Heat Exchangers Via Heat Flux Distribution Adjustment

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Jul 2025
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Non-uniform heat flux, Supercritical fluids, Optimization strategies, Heat transfer mechanism

Exploiting the Heat Transfer Potential of Supercritical Heat Exchangers Via Heat Flux Distribution Adjustment

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Jul 2025
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Non-uniform heat flux, Supercritical fluids, Optimization strategies, Heat transfer mechanism, Horizontal tubes

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Experimental Investigation on Heat Transfer of Supercritical Water Flowing in a Horizontal Tube with Axially Non-Uniform Heating

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Mar 2023
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Sinusoidal heat flux, Supercritical water, Horizontal tubes, Local temperature, Heat transfer

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Non-uniform heating reshapes supercritical heat transfer in horizontal tubes: mechanism-informed modeling and optimal heat flux allocation

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Mar 2026
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Non-uniform heat flux, Supercritical water, Optimization strategies, Heat transfer mechanism, Experiments

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Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in a Microchannel with Localized Blockage: Influence Zone Analysis and Pressure-Based Evaluation

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
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Supercritical carbon dioxide, Localized blockage, Printed circuit heat exchanger, Blockage influence zone, Blockage ratio

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Data-Driven Dimensional Analysis–Based Sco₂ Heat-Transfer Correlations: Vertical Upward Tube Evaluation

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 May 2025
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Keywords: Supercritical CO₂, Heat‐transfer correlations, Dimensional analysis, Active Subspace Method, Implicit Nusselt correlation, Numerical evaluation

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A Wall-Temperature-Independent Heat Transfer Model and Dominant Dimensionless Numbers for Supercritical Co2 in Vertical Upward Flow

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Apr 2025
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Supercritical heat transfer, Dimensional analysis, Upward flow, Active subspace methods, Neural network

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Mitigation of local-blockage-induced flow maldistribution in supercritical CO2 printed circuit heat exchangers through lateral interconnections

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Jun 2026
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Supercritical CO2, Printed circuit heat exchanger, Local blockage, Flow maldistribution, Lateral interconnections, thermo-hydraulic performance

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Revisiting Sco₂ Heat Transfer Correlation in Vertical Upward Flow: Benchmarking, Neural Network Analysis, and Explicit Correlation

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 01 Aug 2025
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supercritical CO2, Heat transfer correlations, Dimensional analysis, Active Subspace Method, Implicit Nusselt correlation, Numerical evaluation

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A Comprehensive Experimental Database and Novel Onset Criterion for Heat Transfer Deterioration in Vertical Upward Supercritical Co₂

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 05 Aug 2025
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Supercritical CO2, Vertical Upward Flow, Heat Transfer Deterioration (HTD), Identification Methods, Onset Criteria, Dimensionless Analysis

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Flow redistribution and thermo-hydraulic degradation under local blockage in a supercritical CO2 printed circuit heat exchanger: Mechanism and mitigation by cross-linked interconnecting channels

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Apr 2026
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parallel microchannel network, flow maldistribution, pressure-drop amplification, passive structural mitigation, thermo-hydraulic performance evaluation

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Coupled thermo-economic optimization of a sand thermal storage system integrated with a sCO2 recompression Brayton cycle for solar power generation

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Jun 2026
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Sand thermal storage, Recompression Brayton cycle, Printed circuit heat exchanger, Multi-objective Optimization, Thermo-economic analysis