Brayton-cycle heat-recovery-system characterization program. Heat-exchanger and cleaning-system test report

Technical Report · Fri Aug 21 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5230260

Burgmeier, L; Leung, S

Heat exchanger and cleaning system tests of the Brayton Cycle Heat Recovery System Characterization Program Plan are summarized. The primary objective of this test program was to characterize fouling and cleaning of heat exchangers that would be subjected to contamination in service in a Brayton cycle subatmospheric system (SAS) operating with exhaust flue gas from a glass-melting furnace. The testing was conducted using simulated effluent gas at the AiResearch facility in Torrance, California. The module heat exchanger test program was completed with the following results: The fouling characteristics of various plate-fin heat exchanger configurations have been determined; plain fins are required. An effective hot end cleaning technique (air lance) for long-term system operation has been demonstrated. Acid condensation will occur in the heat exchanger in the full-scale SAS operating with flue gas from glass-melting furnaces.

• Research Organization: Alpha Glass, Inc., El Segundo, CA (USA); AiResearch Mfg. Co., Torrance, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-77CS40008
• OSTI ID: 5230260
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/40008-T12; ON: DE82008661
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320304* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Waste Heat Recovery & Utilization
BRAYTON CYCLE
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CLEANING
CORROSION
EQUIPMENT
FINS
FOULING
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
SULFUR TRIOXIDE
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION