Methods of Thermal Calculations for a Condensing Waste-Heat Exchanger

The paper presents the algorithms for a flue gas/water waste-heat exchanger with and without condensation of water vapour contained in flue gas with experimental validation of theoretical results. The algorithms were used for calculations of the area of a heat exchanger using waste heat from a pulve...

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Main Authors: Rączka Paweł, Wójs Kazimierz
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Published: Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering 2014-12-01
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description The paper presents the algorithms for a flue gas/water waste-heat exchanger with and without condensation of water vapour contained in flue gas with experimental validation of theoretical results. The algorithms were used for calculations of the area of a heat exchanger using waste heat from a pulverised brown coal fired steam boiler operating in a power unit with a capacity of 900 MWe. In calculation of the condensing part, the calculation results obtained with two algorithms were compared (Colburn-Hobler and VDI algorithms). The VDI algorithm allowed to take into account the condensation of water vapour for flue gas temperatures above the temperature of the water dew point. Thanks to this, it was possible to calculate more accurately the required heat transfer area, which resulted in its reduction by 19 %. In addition, the influence of the mass transfer on the heat transfer area was taken into account, which contributed to a further reduction in the calculated size of the heat exchanger - in total by 28% as compared with the Colburn-Hobler algorithm. The presented VDI algorithm was used to design a 312 kW pilot-scale condensing heat exchanger installed in PGE Belchatow power plant. Obtained experimental results are in a good agreement with calculated values.
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spelling doaj-art-36c0d89d03bd4cb4ad1760c7d786ea812025-08-20T02:07:41ZengPolish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process EngineeringChemical and Process Engineering2300-19252014-12-0135444746110.2478/cpe-2014-0034cpe-2014-0034Methods of Thermal Calculations for a Condensing Waste-Heat ExchangerRączka Paweł0Wójs Kazimierz1Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, PolandWrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, PolandThe paper presents the algorithms for a flue gas/water waste-heat exchanger with and without condensation of water vapour contained in flue gas with experimental validation of theoretical results. The algorithms were used for calculations of the area of a heat exchanger using waste heat from a pulverised brown coal fired steam boiler operating in a power unit with a capacity of 900 MWe. In calculation of the condensing part, the calculation results obtained with two algorithms were compared (Colburn-Hobler and VDI algorithms). The VDI algorithm allowed to take into account the condensation of water vapour for flue gas temperatures above the temperature of the water dew point. Thanks to this, it was possible to calculate more accurately the required heat transfer area, which resulted in its reduction by 19 %. In addition, the influence of the mass transfer on the heat transfer area was taken into account, which contributed to a further reduction in the calculated size of the heat exchanger - in total by 28% as compared with the Colburn-Hobler algorithm. The presented VDI algorithm was used to design a 312 kW pilot-scale condensing heat exchanger installed in PGE Belchatow power plant. Obtained experimental results are in a good agreement with calculated values.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cpe.2014.35.issue-4/cpe-2014-0034/cpe-2014-0034.xml?format=INTcondensation heat recoverycalculation of the heat and mass transferheat exchangerwaste heat
spellingShingle Rączka Paweł
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Methods of Thermal Calculations for a Condensing Waste-Heat Exchanger
Chemical and Process Engineering
condensation heat recovery
calculation of the heat and mass transfer
heat exchanger
waste heat
title Methods of Thermal Calculations for a Condensing Waste-Heat Exchanger
title_full Methods of Thermal Calculations for a Condensing Waste-Heat Exchanger
title_fullStr Methods of Thermal Calculations for a Condensing Waste-Heat Exchanger
title_full_unstemmed Methods of Thermal Calculations for a Condensing Waste-Heat Exchanger
title_short Methods of Thermal Calculations for a Condensing Waste-Heat Exchanger
title_sort methods of thermal calculations for a condensing waste heat exchanger
topic condensation heat recovery
calculation of the heat and mass transfer
heat exchanger
waste heat
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