A heat pipe heat recovery heat exchanger for a mini-drier

This paper considers the thermal design and the experimental testing of a heat pipe (thermosyphon) heat exchanger for a relatively small commercially available mini-drier. The purpose of the heat exchanger is to recover heat from the moist waste air stream to preheat the fresh incoming air. The work...

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Main Authors: A Meyer, R T R T Dobson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Energy in Southern Africa
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Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3364