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Chaofan Yang

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (7)

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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

An information-theoretic framework for the evaluation and optimization of similarity laws in flow boiling CHF

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Mar 2026
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critical heat flux, similarity law, information-theory, data-driven dimensional analysis

An information-theoretic framework for the evaluation and optimization of similarity laws in flow boiling CHF

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 May 2026
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critical heat flux, similarity law, information-theory, data-driven dimensional analysis

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Data-Driven Dimensional Analysis with Inlet Parameters for Onset Criterion of Heat Transfer Deterioration in Vertical Upward Supercritical CO₂ Flow

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Dec 2025
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Supercritical CO₂, HTD Onset Criterion, Data-Driven Dimensional Analysis, Inlet parameter

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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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Heat-flux redistribution and performance degradation of printed circuit heat exchangers under blockage-induced flow maldistribution

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Apr 2026
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Supercritical Thermal Systems, Channel blockage, Flow maldistribution, Heat-flux redistribution, Multi-channel model

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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