Upward and Downward Flow (IMAGE)

Gauss Centre for Supercomputing

Upward and Downward Flow

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Researchers at IKE and ITLR at the University of Stuttgart are studying supercritical carbon dioxide could replace supercritical water as a working fluid at power plants. This simulation shows the structure and the (red) high and (blue) low speed streaks of the fluid during a cooling process. The researchers observed a major difference in turbulence between downward flowing (left) and upward flowing (right) supercritical carbon dioxide.

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IKE, University of Stuttgart

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