Omar Aqel

City, University of London · Department of Mechanical Engineering

Supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycles have gained prominence for their expected excellent performance and compactness. Among their benefits, they may potentially reduce the cost of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants. Because the critical temperature of CO2 is close to ambient temperatures in areas with good solar irradiation, dry cooling may pen...

Doping CO2 with an additional fluid to produce a CO2-based mixture is predicted to enhance the performance of the super critical CO2 power cycle and lower its cost when adapted to Concentrated Solar Power plants. A consistent fluid mixture modelling process is necessary to reliably design and predict the performance of turbines operating with CO2-b...