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Case Example: 8. Waste Heat Recovery

A ceramic firm installed a heat wheel on a tunnel kiln that reduced flue gas temperature from 300C to 150C and preheated fresh air to 155C, eliminating the need for a burner. The capital cost was recovered in less than 12 months. A heat pipe can transfer up to 100 times more thermal energy than copper with no moving parts, requiring minimal maintenance. It uses a sealed container with an internal wick structure and working fluid to transfer heat from an evaporator to condenser region via phase changes. A heat pipe exchanger is a lightweight, compact system that requires no mechanical maintenance or input power and can operate at 315C with 60-80% heat recovery.

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Case Example: 8. Waste Heat Recovery

A ceramic firm installed a heat wheel on a tunnel kiln that reduced flue gas temperature from 300C to 150C and preheated fresh air to 155C, eliminating the need for a burner. The capital cost was recovered in less than 12 months. A heat pipe can transfer up to 100 times more thermal energy than copper with no moving parts, requiring minimal maintenance. It uses a sealed container with an internal wick structure and working fluid to transfer heat from an evaporator to condenser region via phase changes. A heat pipe exchanger is a lightweight, compact system that requires no mechanical maintenance or input power and can operate at 315C with 60-80% heat recovery.

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8.

Waste Heat Recovery

Case Example
A ceramic firm installed a heat wheel on the preheating zone of a tunnel kiln where 7500
m3/hour of hot gas at 300C was being rejected to the atmosphere. The result was that the flue
gas temperature was reduced to 150C and the fresh air drawn from the top of the kiln was preheated to 155C. The burner previously used for providing the preheated air was no longer
required. The capital cost of the equipment was recovered in less than 12 months.
Heat Pipe
A heat pipe can transfer up to 100 times more thermal energy than copper, the best known conductor. In other words, heat pipe is a thermal energy absorbing and transferring system and have
no moving parts and hence require minimum maintenance.

Figure 8.7

Heat Pipe

The Heat Pipe comprises of three elements - a sealed container, a capillary wick structure
and a working fluid. The capillary wick structure is integrally fabricated into the interior surface of the container tube and sealed under vacuum. Thermal energy applied to the external
surface of the heat pipe is in equilibrium with its own vapour as the container tube is sealed
under vacuum. Thermal energy applied to the external surface of the heat pipe causes the working fluid near the surface to evaporate instantaneously. Vapour thus formed absorbs the latent
heat of vapourisation and this part of the heat pipe becomes an evaporator region. The vapour
then travels to the other end the pipe where the thermal energy is removed causing the vapour
to condense into liquid again, thereby giving up the latent heat of the condensation. This part
of the heat pipe works as the condenser region. The condensed liquid then flows back to the
evaporated region. A figure of Heat pipe is shown in Figure 8.7
Performance and Advantage
The heat pipe exchanger (HPHE) is a lightweight compact heat recovery system. It virtually
does not need mechanical maintenance, as there are no moving parts to wear out. It does not
need input power for its operation and is free from cooling water and lubrication systems. It
also lowers the fan horsepower requirement and increases the overall thermal efficiency of the
system. The heat pipe heat recovery systems are capable of operating at 315C. with 60% to
80% heat recovery capability.
Bureau of Energy Efficiency

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