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| Title: |
CERAMIC HEAT PIPES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT RECOVERY |
| Author: |
Keddy, E. S. Ranken, W. A. |
| Appeared in: |
Chemical engineering communications |
| Paging: | Volume 4 (1980) nr. 1-3 pages 381-392 |
| Year: |
1980 |
| Contents: |
Difficulties in finding metal or protected metal components that exhibit both strength and corrosion resistance at high temperature have severely restricted the application of effective heat recovery techniques to process heat furnaces. A potential method of overcoming this restriction is to use heat pipes fabricated from ceramic materials to construct counterflow recuperators. A development program has been initiated to demonstrate the technical and eventually the economical feasibility of ceramic heat pipes and ceramic heat pipe recuperators. The prime candidate for heat pipe construction is SiC. Closed-end tubes of this material have been prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). These tubes were lined internally with tungsten by a subsequent CVD operation, partially filled with sodium, and sealed by brazing a tungsten-lined SiC plug into the open end with a palladium-cobalt alloy. Heat pipes constructed in this manner have been successfully operated in vacuum at temperatures of 1225 K and in air at a temperature of 1125 K. The heat source used initially for the air testing was an induction heated metallic sleeve in thermal contact with the test unit. Subsequent testing has shown that a silicon carbide heat pipe can be successfully operated with natural gas burners providing the input heat. Methods of fabricating and testing these devices are described. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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