Ceramic heat exchanger concepts and materials technology

Ceramic heat exchanger concepts and ceramic materials for use in high temperature applications are assessed in this book. Potential new concepts are compared with emerging and state-of-the-art concepts, in terms of corrosion/durability, fouling, performance, operation and maintenance, and economics. Design, functional, and cost requirements are established. Large amounts of industrial fuel and energy consumption are lost annually due to discharge as waste heat in flue gases. Industry has attempted to decrease the quantity of lost energy with waste heat recovery systems; however, the high temperatures and corrosive constituents involved in waste heat streams now limit the recovery potential, and affect the durability of the materials of construction for heat recovery systems. This book, then, compares and proposes heat exchanger concepts employing advanced ceramic materials, which may provide the solution to the heat loss problem.