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Thermal Effects in Near-Critical Fluids: Piston Effect and Related Phenomena

Thermal Effects in Near-Critical Fluids: Piston Effect and Related Phenomena
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Author(s): Daniel A. Beysens (Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles (PSL), Paris, France), Yves Garrabos (Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, France)and Bernard Zappoli (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 31
Source title: Handbook of Research on Advancements in Supercritical Fluids Applications for Sustainable Energy Systems
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Lin Chen (Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5796-9.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter addresses the very particular thermal behavior that supercritical fluids exhibit when nearing their critical point. In this region, supercritical fluids exhibit strong anomalies in their thermodynamic and transport properties. Pressure change associated to a temperature variation leads to a nearly isentropic thermalization of the fluid, the “piston effect,” which leads to a paradoxical “critical speeding-up.” Bulk fluid temperature is uniform, and temperature gradients are confined in thermal boundary layers, making the bulk fluid a thermal short-circuit. It follows very particular behavior, as dynamic heat pipes or heat going seemingly backward, in apparent contradiction with the second principle of thermodynamics. Under an acceleration field, thermal convection occurs only in the boundary layers, which paradoxically can enhance the fluid stability or even cool the fluid after a heat pulse. These effects can deeply modify the supercritical fluids thermal behavior in space and energy activities, giving to these effects socio-economic relevance.

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