SUMMARY

The goal of this dissertation is to investigate the suitability of Printed Circuit Heat Exchangers (PCHE) for high-temperature high-pressure transient service. This investigation is informed by both experimental thermohydraulic tests using helium and supercritical CO2 and structural analyses. Thermohydraulic experiments were performed on two different lab-scale PCHEs using a new test facility constructed specifically for this project. Structural analyses were performed on the complex PCHE geometries and using temperature and pressure boundary conditions observed in the thermohydraulic experiments. Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGYzZDY2NzItYWNlMy00NWQxLWExOTEtNTZhOTNkYTRmNWM4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220c85131f-9862-4455-9ccf-758cf787b49d%22%7d