The pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of a micro-channel gas cooler were studied with the trans-critical CO
2
cycle. The influence of the CO
2
mass flowrate and the pressure difference of the inlet and the outlet on the heat transfer performance of the gas cooler was experimentally investigated. The results show that the thermal physical properties of carbon dioxide were affected significantly by the fluid pressure and temperature near the critical temperature
and the heat transfer coefficient was 7-9 times that at the other area far from the critical area. The Reynolds number in the micro-channels increased with the increase in CO
2
mass flowrate
leading to the increase in the turbulent diffusion rate and the increase i
n the temperature gradient inside the tube. The region edge with relative higher refrigerant temperature near the entrance extended
indicating that the inlet refrigerant temperature increased with the CO
2
mass flowrate at the same system inlet pressure. At a certain mass flowrate or inlet pressure
there was an optimum pressure value or CO
2
mass flowrate value to generate a minimum pressure drop in the system. The results obtained by correlation formulas were compared
and then a new heat transfer correlation and a new pressure drop correlation were proposed.
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