Axial flow fan performance in a forced draught air-cooled heat exchanger for a sCO2 Brayton cycle

Francois D. Boshoff, Sybrand J. van der Spuy, Johannes P. Pretorius

An axial flow cooling fan has been designed for use in a concentrated solar power plant. The plant is based on a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) Brayton cycle, and uses a force…