adding Bauxite particles

NREL · Jul 26, 2023 · 176703c · 176703c
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diff --git a/tcs/htf_props.cpp b/tcs/htf_props.cpp
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ double HTFProperties::Cp( double T_K )
             0.0022*std::pow(T_C, 2) + 0.6218*T_C + 434.06;  // BPVC_CC_BPV_2017 Case 2702 - 3
     case Salt_45MgCl2_39KCl_16NaCl:
         return 1.284E-6*T_C*T_C - 1.843E-3*T_C + 1.661;  // Zhao 2020 Molten Chloride Thermophysical Properties, Chemical Optimization, and Purification Purification
+    case Bauxite_particles:
+        return 0.1482 * std::pow(T_K, 0.3093);  // Albrecht 2019 "Design and operating considerations for a shell-and-plate, moving packed-bed, particle-to-sCO2 heat exchanger"
     case User_defined:
 		{
 			if ( m_userTable.nrows() < 3 ) return std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
@@ -435,6 +437,9 @@ double HTFProperties::dens(double T_K, double P)
             return 8072.0;  // BPVC_CC_BPV_2017 Case 2702 - 3
         case Salt_45MgCl2_39KCl_16NaCl:
             return -5.878E-1*T_C + 1974.0;  // Zhao 2020 Molten Chloride Thermophysical Properties, Chemical Optimization, and Purification Purification
+        case Bauxite_particles:
+            // This doesn't not account for volume fraction
+            return 3300;            // Albrecht 2019 "Design and operating considerations for a shell-and-plate, moving packed-bed, particle-to-sCO2 heat exchanger"
         case User_defined:
 			if ( m_userTable.nrows() < 3 )
 						return std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
@@ -617,6 +622,8 @@ double HTFProperties::cond(double T_K)
         return 0.0155*T_C + 9.7239;  // BPVC_CC_BPV_2017 Case 2702 - 3
     case Salt_45MgCl2_39KCl_16NaCl:
         return 7.151E-7*std::pow(T_C,2) - 1.066E-3*T_C + 0.811; //[W/K-m] // Zhao 2020 Molten Chloride Thermophysical Properties, Chemical Optimization, and Purification Purification
+    case Bauxite_particles:
+        return 2.0; // Albrecht 2019 (ASME) "PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF PARTICLE CSP SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COST TO INTRINSIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES AND OPERATING CONDITIONS"
     case User_defined:
 		if ( m_userTable.nrows() < 3 )
 					return std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
@@ -714,6 +721,9 @@ double HTFProperties::min_temp()
     case Salt_45MgCl2_39KCl_16NaCl:
         T_C = 450.0;
         break;
+    case Bauxite_particles:
+        T_C = -273.15;      // assumption
+        break;
     case User_defined:
         if (m_userTable.nrows() < 2) {
             T_C = std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
@@ -773,6 +783,9 @@ double HTFProperties::max_temp()
     case Salt_45MgCl2_39KCl_16NaCl:
         T_C = 720.0;
         break;
+    case Bauxite_particles:
+        T_C = 1200.0;
+        break;
     case User_defined:
         if (m_userTable.nrows() < 2) {
             T_C = std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();

diff --git a/tcs/htf_props.h b/tcs/htf_props.h
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class HTFProperties
         N07740,         // Nickel alloy
         Methanol,
         Salt_45MgCl2_39KCl_16NaCl, // Zhao 2020 Molten Chloride Thermophysical Properties, Chemical Optimization, and Purification Purification
-		End_Library_Fluids,
+        Bauxite_particles, // Albrecht 2019 "PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF PARTICLE CSP SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COST TO INTRINSIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES AND OPERATING CONDITIONS" 
+        End_Library_Fluids,
 		User_defined = 50
 	};