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Performance Analysis and Test of a Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon Heat Exchanger

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Design and Operation of Heat Exchangers

Part of the book series: EUROTHERM Seminars ((EUROTHERM,volume 18))

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Abstract

In this study, a thermal conductance model was used to predict the performance characteristics of an air to air two-phase closed thermosyphon heat exchanger for waste heat recovery. To validate the analysis, a heat exchanger composed of 124 copper /water thermosyphons was manufactured and tested under various operating conditions. The experimental performance of the heat exchanger showed good agreement with the theoretical prediction from the aspect of engineering applications.

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  1. Energy & Resources Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute Chutung, 31015, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    C. S. Chang, C. Tao & R. J. Shyu

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  1. Institut für Thermodynamik, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Hostenhofweg 85, 2000, Hamburg 70, Germany

    Wilfried Roetzel

  2. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD 71DP, UK

    Peter John Heggs

  3. Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Service, Building 392.7, Harwell Oxfordshire, OX 11 0RA, UK

    David Butterworth

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Chang, C.S., Tao, C., Shyu, R.J. (1992). Performance Analysis and Test of a Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon Heat Exchanger. In: Roetzel, W., Heggs, P.J., Butterworth, D. (eds) Design and Operation of Heat Exchangers. EUROTHERM Seminars, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84450-8_35

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