A new heat pipe application: A heat pipe regenerator-heater for a molecular sieve system

This paper describes a special heat pipe heat exchanger, which is used as a regenerator-heater for a molecular sieve system for the gas separation of krypton and xenon in a nuclear fuel recycling system. The regenerator-heater is designed to operate at 260–300°C and comprises seven electrically heat...

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Published inJournal of heat recovery systems Vol. 2; no. 5; pp. 391 - 400
Main Authors Brost, O., Groll, M., Nguyen-Chi, H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 1982
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Summary:This paper describes a special heat pipe heat exchanger, which is used as a regenerator-heater for a molecular sieve system for the gas separation of krypton and xenon in a nuclear fuel recycling system. The regenerator-heater is designed to operate at 260–300°C and comprises seven electrically heated axial-groove copper/water heat pipes, which are provided with a stainless steel envelope for pressure containment (1.4 m length, 0.0215 m outer diameter).
ISSN:0198-7593
1878-285X
DOI:10.1016/0198-7593(82)90027-3