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SiSiC Heat Exchangers for Recuperative Gas Burners with Highly Structured Surface Elements
Author(s) -
Ortona Alberto,
Trimis Dimosthenis,
Uhlig Volker,
Eder Robert,
Gianella Sandro,
Fino Paolo,
D'Amico Giuseppe,
Boulet Emmanuel,
Chazelas Claire,
Grämer Tobias,
Cresci Enrico,
Wünning Joachim G.,
Altena Herwig,
Beneke Franz,
Debier Michel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of applied ceramic technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1744-7402
pISSN - 1546-542X
DOI - 10.1111/ijac.12087
Subject(s) - materials science , heat exchanger , combustor , ceramic , boiler (water heating) , work (physics) , process engineering , mechanical engineering , waste management , composite material , combustion , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
Heat exchangers are used in gas burners as recuperators. Their efficiency is proportional to their surface which is usually limited by the burner length and diameter. Ceramic recuperators used nowadays in industrial burners are tubular. We studied and developed a new generation of ceramic heat exchanger with the final goal of increasing the efficiency or, at similar efficiencies, of reducing their size and weight. A commercial SiSiC heat exchanger component was used to guarantee safety and robustness. The use of structured textile geometries followed by their conversion into a ceramic is the main innovation of this work.