Chengming Shi,Yang Wang,Quan Liao and Ying Yang College of Power Engineering,Chongqing University,Chongqing,400044,China Chengming Shi:Associate Professor
Abstract:
The heat transfer analysis of variable conductance heat pipe air preheater was carried out. The temperature trans-fer matrix was obtained for the air preheater that comprises several discrete heat transfer units with same or different heat transfer surface area in a parallel or counter flow mode. By using the temperature transfer matrix, the outlet fluid temperatures could be easily calculated for a given air preheater and inlet fluid temperatures. The active length of condenser in a variable conductance he...