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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 45, 2018
VI International Conference of Science and Technology INFRAEKO 2018 Modern Cities. Infrastructure and Environment
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Article Number | 00012 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184500012 | |
Published online | 30 July 2018 |
Experimental investigation of a heat pipe heat exchanger for heat recovery
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, 50-370 Wroclaw, Wyspianskiego 27, Poland
1 Corresponding author: anna.bryszewska-mazurek@pwr.edu.pl
An air-to-air heat pipe heat exchanger has been designed, constructed and tested. Gravity-assisted wickless heat pipes (thermosiphons) were used to transfer heat from one air stream to another air stream, with a low temperature difference. A thermosiphon heat exchanger has its evaporation zone below the condensation zone. Heat pipes allow keeping a more uniform temperature in the heat transfer area. The heat exchanger consists of 20 copper tubes with circular copper fins on their outer surface. The tubes were arranged in a row and the air passed across the pipes. R245fa was used as a working fluid in the thermosiphons. Each heat pipe had a 40 cm evaporation section, a 20 cm adiabatic section and a 40 cm condensation section. The thermosiphon heat exchanger has been tested in different conditions of air stream parameters (flows, temperatures and humidity). The air face velocity ranged from 1,0 m/s to 4,0 m/s. The maximum thermal efficiency of the thermosiphon heat exchanger was between 26÷40%, depending on the air velocity. The freezing of moisture from indoor air was observed when the cold air temperature was below - 13°C.
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