ZHANG Xirui , SHAO Qihan , LIU Jian , XI Wenxiong , LIU Chaoyang , SUNDEN Bengt . Recent Development of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow of Supercritical CO2 in Tubes: Mechanisms and Applications[J]. Journal of Thermal Science, 2024 , 33(6) : 2274 -2298 . DOI: 10.1007/s11630-024-2039-4

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