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Heat Recovery Systems V o l . 2 . N o . 2 . p p . 1 8 9 - 1 9 9 , 1 9 8 2 . 0 1 9 8 - 7 5 9 3 8 2 0 2 0 1 8 9 - 1 1 5 0 3 . 0 0 0
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C E R A M I C H E A T P I P E S F O R
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A i R e s e a r c h M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y , 2 5 2 5 W e s t 1 9 0 t h S t r e e t, T o r r a n c e , C A 9 0 5 09 , U .S .A .
A b s t r a c t - - T h i s p a p e r s u m m a r i z e s t h e r e s ul ts o f a c o n c e p t u a l d e si g n s t u d y f o r c e r a m i c h e a t p i p er e c u p e r a t o r s c o n d u c t e d b y t h e A i R e s e a rc h M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y , a d i v is i o n o f T h e G a r r e t tC o r p o r a t i o n , f o r t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i fo r n i a L o s A l a m o s S c ie n t if i c L a b o r a t o r y .
T h e f u n c t i o n o f t h e r e c u p e r a t o r i s to p r e h e a t c o m b u s t i o n a i r w i t h in d u s t r i a l f u rn a c e e x h a u s tg a s e s , t h u s e f fe c t in g a s u b s t a n t i a l f ue l s a v i n g a s c o m p a r e d w i t h u n r e c u p e r a t e d , n o n - p r e h e a t e df u r n a c e s . T h e p r o p o s e d r e c u p e r a t o r s y s t e m c o n s i s t s o f t w o h e a t e x c h a n g e r u n i t s : a h i g h - t e m p e r a -t u r e c e r a m i c h e a t p i p e r e c u p e r a t o r u s i n g s o d i u m a s t h e w o r k i n g fl u id a n d a l o w - t e m p e r a t u r em e t a l l i c p l a te - f in r e c u p e r a t o r . S y s t e m s w e r e d e s i g n e d f o r t h r e e f u r n a c e a p p l i c a ti o n s .
T h e c e r a m i c u n i t c o n s i s t s o f a b u n d l e o f i n d i v i d u a l h e a t p i p e s a c t in g i n c o n c e r t , w i t h a p a r t i t i o ns e p a r a t i n g t h e a i r a n d e x h a u s t g a s f l o w s t r e a m s . T h e o v e r a l l f l o w c o n f i g u r a t i o n i s c o u n t e r f l o w .
T h e m e t a l l i c u n i t i s o f a c r o s s f lo w c o n f i g u r a t i o n , a n d i s s i m i l a r t o A i R e s e a r c h d e s i g n s u s e d f o ro t h e r a p p l i c a t i o n s .P o t e n t i a l fu e l s a v i n g s a r e in t h e 4 0 - 5 0 % r a n g e . C a l c u l a t e d s i m p l e p a y b a c k p e r i o d s , b a s e d o n
p o t e n t i a l fu e l c o s t s a v i n g s a n d e s t i m a t e d s y s t e m c o s t s , a r e l e ss t h a n s i x m o n t h s f o r a l l d e s ig n s ,
e x c l u si v e o f s p e ci fi c r e t r o f i tt i n g a n d h i g h - t e m p e r a t u r e b u r n e r c o s t s .
I N T R O D U C T I O N
A STU DY h a s b e e n c o n d u c t e d b y t h e A i R e s e a r c h M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y , a d i v i si o n o f
T h e G a r r e t t C o r p o r a t i o n , f o r t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i fo r n i a L o s A l a m o s S c i e n ti fi c L a b o r a -
t o r y ( L A S L ) in v e s t ig a t i n g t h e u s e o f h e a t p i p e s m a d e o f c e r a m i c m a t e r i a l f o r t h e r e c o v e r y
o f h e a t f r o m t h e fl u e g a s e s o f h i g h - t e m p e r a t u r e i n d u s t r i a l f u r n a c e s. T h i s w a s t e h e a tr e c o v e r y r e s u l t s i n a r e d u c t i o n i n f u e l c o n s u m p t i o n b y t h e f u r n a c e .
T y p i c a l i n d u s t r i a l f u r n a c e s o p e r a t e w i t h u n h e a t e d c o m b u s t i o n a i r o r l o w - e f f e c t i v e n e s s
r e c u p e r a t i o n . T h u s , a s u b s t a n t i a l p o r t i o n o f t h e fu e l i s r e q u i r e d t o h e a t t h e a i r t o t h e
f u r n a c e o p e r a t i n g t e m p e r a t u r e , w h i c h c a n b e i n t h e 2 0 0 0 ° t o 2 5 0 0 ° F ( 1 1 0 0 ° - 1 4 0 0 ° C )
r a n ge . T h e h o t p r o d u c t s o f c o m b u s t i o n ( fl ue ga s e s) a r e e x h a u s t e d t o t h e a t m o s p h e r e a n d
t h e e n e r g y c o n t e n t l o s t . A m o r e e f f ic i en t a p p r o a c h i s t o p r e h e a t t h e c o m b u s t i o n a i r t o
h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e w i t h th e h o t f l u e g a s e s , t h u s u t i l i zi n g s o m e o f t h e a v a i l a b l e e n e r g y . A
h e a t e x c h a n g e r o r r e c u p e r a t o r c a n b e u s e d t o e f fe c t t h i s e n e r g y t r a n s fe r .
S t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t, h i g h - t e m p e r a t u r e , s t a i n le s s st e e l h e a t e x c h a n g e r s h a v e a m e t a l t e m -
p e r a t u r e l i m i t a t i o n i n t h e 1 4 0 0 ° t o 1 5 0 0 ° F ( 7 6 0 ° - 8 2 0 ° C ) ra n g e . T h u s , t h e h o t g a s i n l e t
t e m p e r a t u r e t o a s t a i n l e s s s t e e l r e c u p e r a t o r i s l i m i t e d t o a b o u t 1 5 5 0 ° F ( 8 4 0 ° C ) . W i t h t h i st e m p e r a t u r e l i m i t a t i o n t h e h o t f u r n a c e g a s e s n e e d t o b e d i l u t e d w i t h c o l d a i r p r i o r t o
r e c u p e r a t i o n . F o r a m a x i m u m g a s t e m p e r a t u r e o f 1 55 0 ° F (8 40 °C ), t h e a ir p r e h e a t t e m -
p e r a t u r e i s e s s e n t i a l l y l i m i t e d t o a b o u t 1 4 0 0 ° F (7 6 0° C ). T h e r e q u i r e d r e c u p e r a t o r w o u l d
h a v e a n e f fe c t i ve n e s s o f a b o u t 0 .9 0 .
T o f u r t h e r i n c r e a s e f u e l s a v i n g s , a i r p r e h e a t t e m p e r a t u r e s m u s t b e i n c r e a s e d a b o v e
1 4 0 0 ° F ( 76 0 °C ). C e r a m i c h e a t e x c h a n g e r s o f f e r t h e p o t e n t i a l f o r p r e h e a t i n g a i r t o w i t h i n
1 5 0 ° - 2 0 0 ° F (8 0 ° - 1 1 0 ° C ) o f t h e f u r n a c e g a s t e m p e r a t u r e , l im i t e d o n l y b y h e a t e x c h a n g e r
s iz e a n d b y h i g h - t e m p e r a t u r e b u r n e r d e v e l o p m e n t . I f a l a r g e r a i r p r e h e a t - t o - fu r n a c e g a s
t e m p e r a t u r e d i f fe r e n c e i s d e s i r e d , a s u b s t a n t i a l r e d u c t i o n i n h e a t e x c h a n g e r e f fe c t iv e n e s si s p o s s i b l e . T h e i n f lu e n c e o f e f fe c t iv e n e s s o n t h e h e a t e x c h a n g e r s i ze i s s u c h t h a t a c e r a m i c
h e a t e x c h a n g e r r e q u i r e d t o h e a t a g i v e n f l o w r a t e o f c o m b u s t i o n a i r t o 1 6 0 0 ° F ( 87 0 °C )
~ vi th 2 1 0 0 ° F ( 11 5 0° C ) g a s i s o n l y a b o u t o n e - t h i r d t h e s i z e o f th e m e t a l l i c h e a t e x c h a n g e r
r e q u i r e d t o h e a t t h e s a m e a i r f l o w r a t e t o 1 4 0 0 ° F ( 7 6 0 °C ) w i t h 1 5 5 0 ° F ( 8 40 ° C ) g a s . T h i s
i l lu s t ra t e s t h e a d v a n t a g e s o f t h e c e r a m i c h e a t e x c h a n g e r a p p r o a c h : i n c re a s e d f ue l sa v i n g s
a r e p r o v i d e d b y a s m a l l e r , l o w e r - e f fe c t i v e n e s s r e c u p e r a t o r .
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Fi g . 1 . C e ra m i c h e a t p i p e s c h e m a t i c .
O n e t y p e o f c e r a m i c h e a t e x c h a n g e r t h a t c a n b e u s e d f o r h e a t r e c o v e r y i s a r e c u p e r a t o r
c o m p o s e d o f c e r a m i c h e a t p ip e s . T h e h e a t p i p e s t h e m s e l v e s a r e l o n g c e r a m i c t u b e s c a s t
w i t h e x t e r n a l r a d i a l fi ns . T h e f i n s a i d i n th e h e a t t r a n s f e r a n d r e d u c e t h e n u m b e r o f p i p e s
r e q u i r e d f o r a p a r t i c u l a r t a s k . T h e i n s i d e o f e a c h p i p e i s c o a t e d w i t h a t h i n r e f r a c t o r y
m e t a l l a y er . T h i s la y e r h a s a d u a l p u r p o s e : t h e m e t a l a c t s a s a w i c k t o t r a n s p o r t t h e h e a t
p i p e w o r k i n g f l u i d a n d a l s o p r o t e c t s t h e c e r a m i c f r o m t h e w o r k i n g fl ui d, w h i c h i s a l i q u i d
m e t a l s u c h a s s o d i u m o r l i t h i u m . T h e s e h e a t p i p e e l e m e n t s a r e b e i n g d e v e l o p e d a t
L A S L [ 1 ] . A s c h e m a t i c o f t h e h e a t p i p e i s s h o w n i n F i g . 1 . N o t i c e t h a t t h e h e a t p i p e i s
t i l t e d t o a i d i n t h e c o n d e n s a t e r e t u r n .
T h e h e a t p i p e s a r e b u n d l e d t o g e t h e r t o f o r m a t u b e b a n k , s i m i l a r i n a p p e a r a n c e t o a
c o n v e n t i o n a l f i n n e d - t u b e h e a t e x c ha n g e r . H o w e v e r , b o t h t h e fl ue g a s a n d t h e c o m b u s t i o n
a i r f l o w o u t s i d e t h e t u b e s , w i t h t h e g a s s tr e a m s s e p a r a t e d b y a p a r t i t i o n . T h e o v e r a l l f l o w
c o n f i g u r a t i o n i s c o u n t e r f l o w . T h e h e a t p i p e w o r k i n g f l ui d t r a n s f e rs h e a t f r o m t h e g a s
s t r e a m t o t h e a i r s t r e a m . T h e a r r a n g e m e n t i s s h o w n i n F i g . 2 . S u c h a h e a t e x c h a n g e r
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F i g . 3. L i q u i d - c o u p l e d i n d i r e c t - t r a n s f e r t y p e h e a t e x c h a n g e r s y s t e m u s e d a s a m o d e l f o r t h ea n a l y s i s o f h e a t p i p e r e c u p e r a t o r s .
c o n f i g u r a t i o n h a s a d i s t i n c t s i z e a d v a n t a g e c o m p a r e d t o a c o n v e n t i o n a l a i r - t o - g a s h e a te x c h a n g e r . F o r t h e t u b e s iz e r e q u i r e d f o r t y p i c a l i n d u s t r i a l p r o c e s s e s , t h e t h e r m a l r e s i s t-
a n c e i n s i d e t h e t u b e s i s c o n s i d e r a b l y l a r g e r t h a n t h a t o u t s i d e t h e t u b e s . T h u s , t h e i n s i d es u r f a c e ' c o n t r o l s ' t h e d e s i g n o f c o n v e n t i o n a l u n it s . W i t h h e a t p i p e s , h o w e v e r , b o t h a i r a n dg a s f lo w o v e r t h e l o w e r - r e s i s t a n c e o u t s i d e s u r f ac e , t h u s m a k i n g p o s s i b le a s i g n i fi c a n t siz er e d u c t i o n . T h e h e a t p i p e r e s i s t a n c e i n s i d e t h e t u b e s i s q u i t e s m a l l d u e t o t h e h i g h h e a t
t r a n s f e r c o e f fi c ie n t s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e p h a s e c h a n g e o f t h e h e a t p i p e f l ui d a n d t h e s m a l l
t e m p e r a t u r e c h a n g e b e t w e e n t h e e v a p o r a t o r a n d c o n d e n s e r s e ct io n s . In a d d i t i o n t o t h e
s iz e a d v a n t a g e , t h e h e a t p i p e r e c u p e r a t o r o f fe r s d e c r e a s e d s e a li n g a n d m a n i f o l d in g c o m -
p l e xi ty c o m p a r e d t o a c o n v e n t i o n a l h e a t e x c h a n g e r.
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C o n t r a r y t o s e v e ra l r e c e n t p r e s e n t a t io n s i n t h e l i te r a t u r e l : 2 , 3 ] a h e a t p i p e r e c u p e r a t o rc a n n o t , i n g e n e r a l , b e c o n s i d e r e d a s i n g l e c o u n t e r f l o w h e a t e x c h a n g e r w i t h a n o v e r a l l
a i r - t o - g a s t h e r m a l r e s i s t a n c e a n d a n o v e r a l l a i r - t o - g a s l o g a r i t h m i c m e a n t e m p e r a t u r e
d i f fe r e n c e ( L M T D ) . T h i s a p p r o a c h n e g l e c t s t h e f a c t th a t t h e h e a t p i p e f lu i d is a t a ne s s e n t i a l l y c o n s t a n t t e m p e r a t u r e i n a n y i n d i v i d u a l h e a t p i p e . B e c a u s e o f t h i s f a c t , t h e
a c t u a l i n t e g r a t e d t e m p e r a t u r e p o t e n t i a l fo r a h e a t p i p e i s s m a l l e r t h a n t h e o v e r a l l L M T D .T h i s i s t r u e e v e n i f t h e t h e r m a l r e s i s t a n c e o n t h e h e a t p i p e s i d e is v a n i s h i n g l y s m a l l. I t i so n l y i n t h e l i m i t o f a l a r g e n u m b e r o f t u b e r o w s i n t h e a i r / g a s f l o w d i r e c t i o n t h a t t h i s
o v e r a ll a p p r o a c h b e c o m e s c o r r e c t.T h e a p p r o a c h u s e d f o r t h e p r e s e n t s t u d y c o n s i d e r s e a c h h e a t p i p e ( i n t h e f lo w d i r e c -
t i o n ) s e p a r a t e l y . I n d e e d , e a c h p i p e i s a s s u m e d t o b e t w o s e p a r a t e h e a t e x c h a n g e r s :g a s - t o - h e a t p i p e f lu i d a n d h e a t p i p e f l u i d - to - a i r . T h i s a p p r o a c h i s s i m i l a r t o t h a t s t u d i e d
b y L o n d o n a n d K a y s C 4l a n d e x p a n d e d u p o n b y E a s t w o o d [ 5 ] f o r l i q u id - c o u p l e di n d i r e c t - t r a n s f e r h e a t e x c h a n g e r s . T h i s c o n f i g u r a t i o n is s h o w n s c h e m a t i c a l l y i n F i g . 3 .T h e s y m b o l s in F i g . 3 a r e l a r g e l y s e l f - e x p l a n a t o r y ; t r e p r e s e n t s t e m p e r a t u r e , q r e p r e s e n t st h e h e a t l o a d ( e q u a l f o r b o t h e x c h a n g e r s ) , a n d C r e p r e s e n t s t h e c a p a c i t y r a t e , w h i c h i s
t h e p r o d u c t o f t h e fl o w r a t e a n d t h e m e a n h e a t c a p a c i ty . F o r t h e h e a t p i pe s c o n s i d e r e di n t h e p r e s e n t s t u d y t h e h o t e x c h a n g e r a n d c o l d e x c h a n g e r r e p r e s e n t r e s p e c ti v e ly t h e g a s
a n d a i r p o r t i o n s o f t h e p i p e . T h e c o u p l i n g f l ui d is t h e s e a l e d h e a t p i p e f lu i d w i t h t h e h e a t
p i p e w i c k i n g s y s t e m a c t i n g a s t h e p u m p .F o r a l i q u i d - c o u p l e d a p p l i c a t i o n , t h e c o u p l i n g f lu i d r e m a i n s i n t h e l iq u i d p h a s e ; h e a t i s
t r a n s f e r re d b y a c h a n g e i n t h e t e m p e r a t u r e o f th i s fl ui d. T h e p u m p i n g r a t e is u s u a l l y
a d j u s t e d s o t h a t t h e c o u p l i n g f l u i d c a p a c i t y r a t e , CL, i s s i m i l a r to t h e a i r a n d g a s c a p a c i t y
ra t e s (Co an d Ch re spec t ive ly ).
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For the heat pipe application, the heat pipe fluid changes phase and the temperature
change is usually very small; in effect t L l = t L : . This means that the heat pipe fluid
capacity rate, CL, is very large.
A numerical example serves to illustrate the difference between the coupled approach
and the overall resistance approach. Using the nomenclature of Fig. 3, assume the
following temperatures for a particular heat pipe (customary engineering units are used
exclusively in this example): th , = 1500°F, th2 = 1420°F, to, = 1300°F~ tel = 1200°F.These temperatures indicate a capacity rate ratio, C c / C h , of 0.8, which is reasonable for a
recuperator. The thermal conductances (TC) are assumed to be equal for the hot and
cold sides. Using the overall resistance approach, the LMTD is 209.8°F and the overall
thermal conductance, considering only the air- and gas-side resistances, is (0.5) (TC).
Thus, the total heat transferred, q, is (104.9) (TC).
The coupled approach yields for hot side:
1500 -- 1420L MTDh - (1)
1500 - t Lin
1420 - t L
and for the cold side:
1300- 1200LMTD~ - (2)
In t t - - 1200 "
t L -- 1300
Since the thermal conductances are equal, LMTDh = LMTD,. Combining equations
(1) and (2) and solving for the heat pipe fluid temperature yields tL = 1356.5°F and
LM TD = 98.1°F, Thus, q = (98.1) (TC), which is smaller by 7% than the value arrived atusing the overall resistance approach. This error will increase with the fluid temperature
change across a single row of tubes and will decrease with the temperature difference
between the two fluid streams. The error thus will decrease with the total number of
rows in the air/gas flow direction of the recuperator for a given overall temperature differ-
ence.
To aid in conducting the study, a detailed heat pipe heat exchanger design computer
program was written. The program performs tube-by-tube heat transfer calculations
based on the indirect-coupled heat exchanger technique described above. At each tube,
the heat balance and thermal conductance equations are solved simultaneously to yield
the outlet conditions. The calculations continue row-by-row through the heat exchanger
until the desired temperature conditions are attained. These heat transfer calculations areiterated with pressure drop calculations, with the heat exchanger frontal area being
varied until both the heat transfer and pressure drop requirements are satisfied. Actually,
calculations need not be performed for every tube in the heat exchanger. Since the overall
recuperator configuration is counterflow, tubes in any given 'no-flow' row operate at
essentially identical conditions. Thus, a row-by-row calculation in the air/gas flow direc-
tion will suffice.
The thermal conductances and pressure drops on the air and gas sides are determined
using correlations for finned tube Colburn modulus and friction factor. Also included are
the resistances associated with the tube wall, the heat pipe fluid phase changes, and the
heat pipe fluid vapor transport. The vapor transport resistance, which is equal to the
fluid temperature change divided by the heat pipe heat load, is related to the pipegeometry and heat pipe fluid properties by the use of the Clausius-Clapeyron equation
and analytical expressions for the vapor flow pressure drop. Local heat pipe fluid proper-
ties are used. The computer program is described and illustrated in more detail in
Strumpf and Miller [6].
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t Co nv er s io n fac to rs : kg/s = (0 .4536) ( lb /s) ; °C = (°F-32) /(1 .8);k P a = ( 6. 8 95 ) (p s i a ) ; k P a = ( 0 .2 4 9 1 ) ( i n . H 2 0 ) .
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a l u m i n u m r e m e l t f u r n a c e , a n d a g la s s m e l t i n g f u r n a ce . E a c h p r o c e s s i n v o lv e s t h e c o m -b u s t i o n o f f ue l, t h e t r a n s f e r o f s o m e o f t h e r e l e a s e d e n e r g y t o t h e p r o c e s s l o a d , a n d t h e
l o ss o f t h e r e m a i n d e r o f th e e n e r g y a s e x h a u s t e d h i g h - t e m p e r a t u r e fl ue g as . T h e d e s ig nc o n d i t i o n s s p e c i f ie d fo r e a c h p r o c e s s a r e g i v e n in T a b l e 1 .
T h e k e y p a r a m e t e r i s p e r h a p s t h e a i r p r e h e a t ( o ut le t ) t e m p e r a t u r e . S i n c e t h is r e p r e s e n t st h e c o m b u s t i o n a i r t e m p e r a t u r e , t h e b u r n e r s m u s t b e a b l e t o o p e r a t e a t t h i s t e m p e r a t u r e .
T h e 1 6 00 °F ( 87 0 °C ) l e v el w a s s e l e c t e d a s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f t h e l i m i t i n c u r r e n t b u r n e r
t echno logy . The 2000°F (1090°C) l eve l was se l ec t ed t o i nves t i ga t e the fue l sav ingsp o s s ib l e w i th a d v a n c e d b u r n e r d e v e l o p m e n t .
I t is r e a d i l y a p p a r e n t t h a t a s i n g l e h e a t p i p e w o r k i n g f l u i d c a n n o t b e u s e d o v e r t h e
e n t i r e t e m p e r a t u r e r a n g e r e q u i r e d to h e a t c o l d a i r t o h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e s . R a t h e r t h a n u s e
d i f f e re n t h e a t p i p e f lu id s , i t w a s d e c i d e d t o u s e a c o n v e n t i o n a l m e t a l l i c h e a t e x c h a n g e r t oh e a t t h e c o m b u s t i o n a i r t o a t e m p e r a t u r e s u f fi c ie n t f o r e f fi c ie n t o p e r a t i o n o f a s in g le -
w o r k i n g f l u i d h e a t p i p e h e a t e x c h a n g e r . S t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t s t a i n l e s s s t e e l h e a t e x c h a n g e r sc a n h a n d l e h o t g a s e s u p t o a b o u t 1 5 00 °F ( 82 0 °C ). A b o v e t h is l e ve l, t h e h e a t p i p e s c a n a l lo p e r a t e u s i n g s o d i u m a s t h e w o r k i n g f lu id .
I t s h o u l d b e p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e m e t a l l i c h e a t e x c h a n g e r r e q u i r e d i s o f q u i t e l o we f f e c t i v e n e s s - - m u c h s m a l l e r th a n a u n i t r e q u i r e d t o p r e h e a t a i r t o 1 4 00 °F ( 7 60 °C ) w i th
1 5 00 °F ( 82 0 °C ) g a s . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e m e t a l l i c u n i t r e q u i r e d f o r t h e s t ee l s o a k i n g p i t h e a t sthe co ld a i r t o 835°F (446°C) and has a n e f fec t iveness o f on ly 0 .53 .
W i t h t h is l o w e f f e ct iv e n e s s , a s i n g l e -p a s s c r o s s f l o w c o n f i g u r a t i o n i s a d e q u a t e f o r t h e
m e t a l l ic u n it . T h is i s a m u c h l e ss c o m p l e x a r r a n g e m e n t t h a n t h e c o u n t e r f lo w o r m u l t i-
p a s s c r o s s f l o w c o n f i g u r a t i o n s r e q u i r e d f o r h i g h e r - e f f e ct i v e n e s s h e a t e x c h a n g e r s . A p l a t e -f i n h e a t e x c h a n g e r h a s b e e n s e l e c t e d f o r t h e m e t a l l i c r e c u p e r a t o r . P l a t e - f i n h e a t
e x c h a n g e r s c o n s i s t o f l a y e r s o f c o r r u g a t e d s h e e t s t o c k ( fi ns ) w h i c h a r e s e p a r a t e d b y p l a te s .T h e f i n s , p l a t e s , a n d e d g e b a r s a r e s t a c k e d i n a f i x t u r e a n d b r a z e d t o f o r m a n i n t e g r a t e d
c o r e a s s e m b l y. A l te r n a t e p a s sa g e s f o r m e d b y t h e p l a t e s a n d b a r s a r e a l l o c a te d t o e a c hf lu i d . T h e p a s s a g e s c a n b e a l i g n e d s o t h a t t h e f lo w p a t h s a r e p a r a l l e l (c o u n t e r f l o wa r r a n g e m e n t ) o r p e r p e n d i c u l a r ( c r os s fl o w a r r a n g e m e n t ) . T h e c r o ss f lo w c o n f i g u r a ti o n
s e l e c t e d f o r t h e p r e s e n t d e s i g n i s s h o w n s c h e m a t i c a l l y i n F i g . 4. N o t i c e t h a t t h e f l o w p a t hi s i n t e r r u p t e d b y a f i n o f f s e t . T h i s a i d s i n d i s r u p t i n g t h e f l u i d b o u n d a r y l a y e r a n di n c r e a s e s t h e f l u id h e a t t r a n s f e r c o e f f i c ie n t ( a n d p r e s s u r e d r o p g
T h e a i r a n d g a s f lo w s th r o u g h t h e m e t a l li c r e c u p e r a t o r a r e i n s e ri es w i t h t h o s e t h r o u g ht h e h e a t p i p e u n i t . T h e p r o p o s e d o v e r a l l c o n f i g u r a t i o n i s s h o w n i n F i g . 5 .
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Fig . 4 . Crossflow plate-fin heat exchanger construction.
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o r b o i l i n g c o n s i d e r a t i o n s , a s i n d i c a t e d i n F i g . 6 .
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t h e v a l u e s o f h e a t f l u x e s e n c o u n t e r e d i n t h e p r e s e n t s t u d y . T h e e n t r a i n m e n t l i m i t s f o r
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e n c o u n t e r e d i n t h e p r e s e n t d e s i g n s a n d c o u l d b e i n c r e a s e d , i f n e c e s sa r y , t h r o u g h t h e u s eo f c o n d e n s a t e r e t u r n p a s sa g e s. T h e b o i l in g l im i t i s s e l d o m e n c o u n t e r e d w i t h l i qu i d - m e t a lw o r k i n g f lu i d s, e s p e c i a l ly w h e n t h e h e a t t r a n s f e r t o t h e p i p e i s c o n t r o l l e d b y o u t s i d e f il mc o e f f ic i e n ts t y p i c a l o f t h o s e o b t a i n a b l e w i t h e x t e r n a l g a s f lo w s .
F o r t h e t u b e s iz es c o n s i d e r e d i n t h e s t u d y , t h e v is c o u s l im i t i s o v e r r i d d e n b y t h e s o n i cl i m i t a t a t e m p e r a t u r e o f a b o u t l l 0 0 ° F ( 59 0 °C ), w h i c h is w e l l b e l o w a n y h e a t p i p e
o p e r a t i n g t e m p e r a t u r e s . T h u s , t h e o n l y h e a t p i p e p e r f o r m a n c e l i m i t i n g c r i t e r i o n c o n -s i d e r e d i s t h e s o n i c li m i t. T h i s e s t a b l is h e s a n a x i a l h e a t f l ux l im i t f o r t h e c o l d e s t h e a t p i p ed u e t o t h e a t t a i n m e n t o f s o n i c v e lo c i ty b y t h e l o w - d e n s i t y s o d i u m v a p o r .
T h e s e l e c te d c e r a m i c t u b e m a t e r i a l w a s s i l i co n i z e d s i li c o n c a r b id e . T h e r e i s a r e a s o n -
a b l e a m o u n t o f e x p e r i e n c e i n t h e f a b r i c a t i o n o f l o n g , f in n e d t u b e s o f t hi s m a t e r i a l .
T e m p e r a t u r e c a p a b i l i t y is in e x c e s s o f 2 5 0 0 ° F ( 1 37 0 °C ). A s u r v e y o f c e r a m i c fa b r i c a t o r si d e n ti fi e d a m a x i m u m t u b e l e n g t h o f a b o u t 8 f t (2 .4 m ) a s a r e a s o n a b l e p r o d u c t i o n l i m i t.
T h e c e r a m i c f a b r i c a t o r s a l s o i d e n t i f i e d a m a x i m u m f i n p a c k i n g o f 5 f i n s / i n . ( 2 . 0f in s / e ra ) . The f i n s wou ld l i ke ly be t ape red (a s shown in F ig . 1 ) and have an ave rage
t h i c k n e s s o f a b o u t 0 . 0 7 5 i n. ( 1 .9 1 m m ) . A m i n i m u m t u b e w a l l t h i c k n e s s o f 0 . 1 2 5 i n.(3 .18 m m ) was a l so e s t ab l i shed .
T h e l o c a t io n o f t h e p a r t i t io n s e p a r a t i n g t h e a i r a n d g a s s id e s is a n i m p o r t a n t d e s i g nc o n s i d e r a t io n . I n g e n e r a l , h e a t e x c h a n g e r s iz e c a n b e m i n i m i z e d b y b a l a n c i n g t h e a i r a n d
g a s t h e r m a l c o n d u c t a n c e s . F o r h e a t e x c h a n g e r s w i t h s i m i la r c a p a c i ty r a t e s o n e i th e r s i d e
( as i s t h e c a s e f o r t h e p r e s e n t r e c u p e r a t o r ) , t h e r e is a r e l a t i v e ly w i d e r a n g e o f c o n d u c t a n c er a t io s w h i c h r e s u lt in a p p r o x i m a t e l y m i n i m u m s iz e so l u ti o n s. I n d e e d , t h e L o n d o n - K a y s
c r i t e r i o n f o r o p t i m i z i n g a l i q u i d - c o u p l e d i n d i r e c t - t r a n s f e r r e c u p e r a t o r l - 4 ] i s 0 . 7 5<(UA),/(UA)h < 2 . 0 , w h e r e t h e UAs a r e t h e o v e r a ll t h e r m a l c o n d u c t a n c e s .
T h e r m a l c o n d u c t a n c e b a l a n c i n g i s u se f ul fo r n o n - c o n s t r a i n e d a i r - a n d g a s - si d e p re s s-
u r e d r o p s . H o w e v e r , f o r f i x e d p r e s s u r e d r o p s , t h e m i n i m u m s iz e r e c u p e r a t o r is e s s e n t ia l l y
t h a t w h i c h u s e s u p t h e a v a i l a b l e p r e s s u r e d r o p o n b o t h s id e s, r e g a r d l e s s o f t h e t h e r m a lc o n d u c t a n c e r a t i o . F o r t h e d e s i g n c o n d i t i o n s g i v e n in T a b l e 1 , t h e o p t i m a l p a r t i t i o nl o c a t i o n i s a t t h e c e n t e r o f t h e h e a t p i p e f o r t h e s t e e l s o a k i n g p i t a n d g l a s s m e l t i n gf u r n a c e d e s i g n s a n d a t 6 0 % c o n d e n s e r ( a i r - s i d e ) l e n g t h f o r t h e a l u m i n u m r e m e l t f u r n a c e .
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A d e t a i le d p a r a m e t r i c s t u d y w a s c o n d u c t e d f o r e a c h f u r n a c e a p p l ic a t io n , a t t e m p t i n g t oo p t i m i z e t h e h e a t p i p e h e a t e x c h a n g e r a n d m e t a l l i c r e c u p e r a t o r b y v a r y i n g t h e h e a te x c h a n g e r g e o m e t r ie s . T h e d e v e l o p e d h e a t p i p e d e s i g n c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m a l o n g w i t h a ne x i s t i n g p l a t e - f i n c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m w e r e u s e d . D e t a i l s o f t h e s t u d y a r e n o t p r e s e n t e dh e r e d u e t o s p a c e l i m i t at io n s , b u t c a n b e f o u n d i n S t r u m p f a n d M i l le r [6 ] .
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G a s o u t l e t t e m p e r a t u r e , ° F 1 4 94 1 4 95 1 4 99A i r i n l e t t e m p e r a t u r e , ° F 8 3 5 8 6 9 7 7 8A i r o u t l e t t e m p e r a t u r e , ° F 1 6 00 1 6 00 2 0 0 0
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( in , H20) ; °C = (°F-32) /1 .8 .
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t i o n s a r e d i s c u s s e d i n a l a t e r s e c t i o n . T h e s e l e c t e d h e a t p i p e r e c u p e r a t o r d e s i g n s a r e
p r e s e n t e d i n T a b l e 2 a n d t h e m e t a l l i c r e c u p e r a t o r d e s i g n s a r e p r e s e n t e d i n T a b l e 3 . T h e
f in n o m e n c l a t u r e i s e x p l a i n e d i n F i g . 7 .
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A i r i n l e t t e m p e ra t u r e , ° F 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0A i r o u t l e t t e m p e r a t u r e , ° F 8 3 5 8 6 9 7 7 8G a s - s i d e p r e s s u r e d r o p , i n . H 2 0 3 .5 0 2 1 5 .8 8 6 6 .8 2 3A i r - s i d e p r e s s u re d ro p , i n . H 2 0 2 . 26 7 4 .7 4 7 4 .7 4 7
§ C o n v e r s i o n f a c t o r s : m m = ( 0 . 0 3 9 4 ) ( i n . ); k g - - ( 0 . 4 5 3 6 ) ( Ib ) ; ° C --- ( ° F -3 2 ) / 1 . 8 ; k P a • ( 0 . 2 4 9 1 ) ( i n . H 2 0 ) .
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r e c u p e r a t e d a n d u n r e c u p e r a t e d f u r n a c e s a r e c o m p a r e d f o r t h e s a m e h e a t l o a d s . T h i s c a nb e d o n e b y c o n s i d e r i n g a h e a t b a l a n c e a r o u n d a f u r n a c e :
Q = W , , C~ , . (T , , - T b ) + I ' V / C p s ( T: - T b ) + I, s A H r - ( I V . + W s ) C p , ( T ¢ - T b ) ( 3)
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Q i s t h e f u r n a c e h e a t l o a d , i n c l u d i n g i n s u l a t i o n a n d h e a t l e a k l o s s e s ;
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T . is th e c o m b u s t i o n a i r f u rn a c e i n le t te m p e r a t u r e ;
T b i s t h e b a s e t e m p e r a t u r e a t w h i c h t h e f u e l h e a t i n g v a l u e i s k n o w n ;
W i s th e f u e l f l o w r a t e ;
C ps i s t h e f u e l a v e r a g e h e a t c a p a c i t y ;
T i s t h e f ue l f u r n a c e i n l e t te m p e r a t u r e ;
A H i s t h e fu e l n e t h e a t i n g v a l u e a t T b;
C p . i s t h e f l u e g a s a v e r a g e h e a t c a p a c i t y ;
Tg i s th e f l ue g a s o u t l e t t e m p e r a t u r e .
E q u a t i o n ( 4) c a n b e a p p l i e d s e p a r a t e l y to r e c u p e r a t e d ( s u b sc r ip t r ) a n d u n r e c u p e r a t e d( s u b s c r ip t u ) f u r n a c e s . S in c e t h e f u r n a c e h e a t l o a d i s a s s u m e d t o b e t h e s a m e f o r t h e
r e c u p e r a t e d a n d u n r e c u p e r a t e d c a s e s , d i v i d i n g t h e t w o h e a t b a l a n c e s y i e l d s t h e f u e l
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(I , J W f ) , C , . . ( T ~ , - T b ) + C p ., . .( T Ir T ~ ) + A H f - ( ! + W . / W : ) , C , , , , ( T ~ , T ~ ) .
( 5 )
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t h e r e c u p e r a t e d a n d u n r e c u p e r a t e d c a s e s a n d t h a t t h e f u e l i n l e t t e m p e r a t u r e i s T b ,
e q u a t i o n ( 5 ) c a n b e s i m p l i f i e d t o :
W I , / ~ . = ( W J W ~ ) C p . . (T . . - Tb) + A H - - (1 + W o / W ~ ) C , g ( T g - T b ) (6 )
( W , / W f ) C p ° . . ( T = . - T b ) + A H f - ( I + I / V . / W f ) C t , , ( T g - T b )
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Table 4 . Fuel sav ings i i
P r o b l e m s t at e m e n t
F u e l P e r c e n t a g e C o s tsav ings fue l sav ings ,
l b / s s a v i n g s $ / y
Stee l soak ing p i t , 1600°F a i r p reh ea t 0 .234 43 .8 455 ,600Alu m inum rem el t furnace , 1600°F a i r p reh ea t 0 .277 43 .4 539 ,300Gla ss m el t ing furnace , 2000 °F a i r p reh ea t 0 .333 57 .1 648,300
r! Co nv ers ion facto rs kg /s = (0.4536) f ib/s); °C = (°F-32)/1.8.
Since IVy ,, Wf f W I , T~ ,, Tg, an d T~, a r e a l l ava i l ab le f rom the p rob lem s ta t e m en t s (Tab le 1 ),
s e lec t ion o f a fue l ne t he a t ing va lue i s su f f ic i en t f o r the ca lc u la t io n o f the f ue l sav ings . To
p e r f o r m t h e c a l c u l a t i o n , a n e t h e a t i n g v a l u e o f 20 ,0 0 0 B t u / l b ( 46 ,0 0 0 J / g ) a t 6 0 ° F (1 6 °C )
i s a s s u m e d . T h i s i s a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e v a l u e f o r n a t u r a l g a s e s a n d f u e l o i l s . B a s e d o n t h i s
va lue , the fue l s av ings (WI , - WI , f o r each o f the th r e e p ro ces s e s i s p r es e n ted in Tab l e 4 .
A ls o l i s t ed i s the pe rcen tage f ue l s av ings , de f ined as 100 ( W I . - WI,) /WI. . Th e co s t sav-
i n g s g i v e n i n T a b l e 4 a r e b a s e d o n 1 0 0~ o f u r n a c e u t i l i z a ti o n f o r 8 0 0 0 h / y a n d a fu e l c o s to f $3 .38 /106 BTU ($3 .21 /109 J ) bas ed on f ue l g ro s s hea t ing va lue .
I t c a n b e s e e n f r o m T a b l e 4 t h a t f l u e g a s r e c u p e r a t i o n o f f e r s s u b s t a n t i a l f u e l s a v i n g s
p o t e n ti a l. A d v a n c e d b u r n e r d e v e l o p m e n t m a y b e d e s ir a b l e t o m a x i m i z e t h e b e n e f it s o f
r e c u p e r a t i o n .
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E c o n o m i c a n a l y s e s w e r e p e r f o r m e d t o d e t e r m i n e t h e p a y b a c k p e r i o d s f o r f l u e g a s
r e c u p e r a t i o n u s i n g t h e c e r a m i c h e a t p i p e a n d m e t a l l ic h e a t e x c h a n g e r d e s ig n s d e v e l o p e d .
T h e c o s t o f t h e r e c u p e r a t o r s i s o n l y a p o r t i o n o f t he t o t a l h e a t r e c o v e r y s y s te m c o s t . T h e
c o s t a s s u m p t i o n s a r e l i st e d b e l o w ; t h e a s s u m p t i o n s a r e b a s e d o n c e r a m i c v e n d o r i n fo r -m a t i o n , d i r e c t i o n f r o m L A S L , a n d A i R e s e a r c h e x p e r i e n c e o n o t h e r w a s t e h e a t r e c o v e r yin s ta l l a t ions .
1 . Ceram ic he a t p ip es : $2 5 /1b ($55 /kg ) f o r tub e p r od uc t ion ; $67 /1b ($148 /kg ) f o r r e f r ac -
to ry l ine r ; $20 /h f o r hea t p ipe a s s e m bly (2 .5 h pe r tube) .
2 . C e r a m i c e n d s u p p o r t s ( t u b e p la t e s ) a n d c e n t r a l p a r t i t i o n : $ 5 0/1 b ( $ 1 1 0 /k g ) p l u s $ 1 0 0
p a c k i n g c o s t .
3 . M e t a l l i c r e c u p e r a t o r : $ 1 0 / l b ( $ 2 2 /k g ) c o m p l e t e l y f a b r ic a t e d .
4 . A s s e m b l y l a b o r o n - s i t e : $ 1 8 / m a n - h o u r : 4 0 h f o r m e t a l l i c u n i t a n d 0 .5 h p e r h e a t p i p e
t u b e .
5 . T ran s i t ion duc t ing : $50 /f t 2 ($538 /m2) .
6. Ins ula t io n: $20/ft z ($215 /m 2) for 1600 °F (870°C) de s ign s ; $25/ft z ($269/m 2) for 20 00 °F
(1090°C) des igns .
7 . S u p p o r t s t r u c t u r e : $ 2 . 5 0 /i b ($ 5 .5 1 /k g ); w e i g h t e q u a l s o n e - h a l f r e c u p e r a t o r p l u s d u c t -
ing we igh t .
8 . F an s : $400 /a i r hp ($536/kW) .
9 . Co n t ro l s , i n s t rum en ta t ion , e tc . : $5000 / lb /s ($11 ,000 /kg / s ) to t a l f low ( a i r p lu s gas ).1 0. A & E f ee : 1 5 ~ o o f c o s t .
I t s h o u ld b e p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e c o s t a n a l y s is d o e s n o t i n c l u d e a n y b u r n e r r e p la c e -
m e n t c o s t s o r c o s t s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h r e t r o f i t t i n g t h e h e a t r e c o v e r y s y s t e m t o a s p e c i f i c
i n s t a l la t i o n . T h e s e c o s t s , i f a n y , a r e s i t e - sp e c i fi c a n d c a n n o t b e r e a d i l y g e n e r a li z e d . T h e
c a l c u l a t e d c o s t s a r e p r e s e n t e d i n T a b l e 5 .B a s e d o n t h e s e c o s t s a n d t h e f u e l s a v i n g s g i v e n i n T a b l e 4 , s i m p l e p a y b a c k p e r i o d s c a n
b e c a l cu l a te d . T h e s i m p l e p a y b a c k p e r i o d is t h e r a t io o f t h e t o t a l s y s t e m c o s t t o t h e f u e l
c o s t s a v in g s . T h e p a y b a c k p e r i o d s a r e 0 . 4 0 y e a r f o r t h e s t e e l s o a k i n g p i t, 0 . 4 4 y e a r f o r t h e
a l u m i n u m r e m e l t fu r n a c e , a n d 0 . 3 0 y e a r fo r t h e g la s s m e l t i n g f u r n a c e . T h e s e p a y b a c k
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p e r i o d s d o n o t i n c l u d e a n y a l l o w a n c e f o r h i g h - t e m p e r a t u r e b u r n e r o r s p e c if ic r e t r o f i tt i n g
c o s t s . H o w e v e r , e v e n if t h e s e c o s t s e q u a l t h e s y s t e m c o s t s c a l c u l a t e d i n T a b l e 5 , t h e
p a y b a c k p e r i o d s w o u l d a l l s t i l l b e l e s s t h a n o n e y e a r .
T a b l e 5 . C o s t s u m m a r y f o r c e r a m i c h e a t p i p e s y s t e m s ( d o l l a r s )
I t e m
S t e el A l u m i n u m G l a s ss o a k i n g r e m e h m e l t i n g
p i t f u r n a c e f u r n a c e
C e ra m i c h e a t p i p e s 5 3 ,0 0 0 5 1 ,8 0 0 6 4 ,7 0 0C e r a m i c e n d s u p p o r t s a n d c e n t r a l b a f fl e 6 8 0 0 6 7 0 0 8 3 0 0M e t a l l i c r e c u p e r a t o r 8 1 0 0 8 7 0 0 4 9 0 0A s s e m b l y l a b o r
H e a t p i p e s 1 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 0M e t a l l i c r e c u p e r a t o r 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0
T r a n s i t i o n d u c t i n g 7 7 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0I n s u l a t i o n 3 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 3 3 00Su p p o r t s t ru c t u re 1 3 ,7 0 0 1 2 ,6 0 0 1 2 , 60 0Fa n s 9 6 0 0 4 9 ,6 0 0 1 7 , 80 0A d d i t i o n a l i t e m s 5 6 ,0 0 0 6 7 ,3 0 0 4 6 ,3 0 0
Su bto t a l 160 ,300 208 ,200 167,200A & E f e e 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 ,2 0 0 2 5 , 10 0
To ta l cos t 184 ,300 239 ,400 192 ,300
A cknow l edgem ent s - - Th i s w o r k w a s s u p p o r t e d b y t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a L o s A l a m o s S c ie n t if ic L a b o r a -t o r y u n d e r P u r c h a s e O r d e r 4 - L 2 9 - 5 5 5 - O K - I . W . S . M i l le r a n d M . V . G r e e v e n m a d e s i g n if ic a n t c o n t r i b u t i o n s t ot h e s t u d y .
N O M E N C L A T U R E
C = C a p a c i t y r a t eC p = H e a t c a p a c i t y a t c o n s t a n t p r e s s u r eQ = F u r n a c e h e a t lo a dq = H e a t t r a n s f e r r e d
T,t = T e m p e r a t u r e
U A = O v e r a l l t h e r m a l c o n d u c t a n c eW = F l o w r a t e
A H = N e t h e a t i n g v a l u e
Subscripts
a = A i rb = B a s e ( r e f e r e n c e )c = C o l d s i d e
f = Fu e l
g = G a sh = H o t s i d eL = C o u p l i n g f lu i d
r = R e c u p e r a t e du = U n r e c u p e r a t e d
R E F E R E N C E S
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